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Operating Systems HP-UX Simple Newbee question Post 302480331 by citaylor on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 02:43:47 PM
Old 12-14-2010
1) As the purchaser of IT in a small UNIX software house Ive purchased 8 different HP machines over the past couple of years. I started off buying from a known supplier, but found ebay to be much better for cheaper and older equipment. I would say find an ebay vendor that can supply you with what you want, and stick with them. Most will also supply a 90 day money back guarantee.
2) Licensing of the O/S comes with the hardware normally, so that isnt a problem. Make sure you get the O/S you want installed by the hardware vendor, and try and get O/S install CD's with the hardware, as more than likely you wont be able to get install media separately, or it will cost a lot. You certainly used to be able to download patch bundles for different versions of HP, but not usually specific ones, I believe. Sometimes you can join a free HP Developer group and get patches, compilers and the like, but I wouldnt rely on it.

3) Yes definitely! As with most proper UNIX vendors - very little is free.

If you are doing certification I wouldnt buy a PA-RISC. Although you can get 11iv3 on PA-RISC Ive found it quite difficult to get support. Most customers are changing over to Integrity (Itanium) boxes but these can be difficult to find on ebay and more expensive to purchase second-hand. If you are happy with slower/cheaper boxes and learn 11iv2 then C3600 (and other C class machines), although only 550mhz (ish) are plenty powerful to learn on. Infact we still use these boxes for QA.

I hope this helps.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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