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><A
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NAME="gloss"
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>Glossary</H1
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><P
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> This is a brief glossary of the PA-RISC specific terminology.
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You can find a more detailed one at
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<A
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HREF="http://www.parisc-linux.org/glossary/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.parisc-linux.org/glossary/</A
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><A
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NAME="glossbch"
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><B
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>Boot Console Handler (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>BCH</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><P
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> This is the early boot console available during boot up on most PA-RISC machines,
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provided by the <A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosspdc"
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PDC</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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>.
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossbootadmin"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</A
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>.</P
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossbootadmin"
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></A
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><B
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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><DD
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><P
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> This a command line utility stored in the boot ROM of
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the PA box, which is used to configure the computer during early boot
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sequence. It is a part of the PA-RISC machine's firmware.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossbch"
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>Boot Console Handler (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>BCH</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossgsp"
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></A
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><B
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>Guardian Service Processor (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>GSP</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> The <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>GSP</SPAN
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> is a console subsystem present
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on certain PA-RISC systems, which provides several features such as remote
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console, UPS management, system low level control.
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</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosshpmc"
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></A
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><B
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>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>HPMC</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> Fatal system error. <A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosspdc"
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><I
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PDC</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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> saves machine state in the
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<A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosspim"
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><I
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>Processor Internal Memory (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PIM</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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>.
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosshppa"
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></A
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><B
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>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>HP-PA</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> 'HP-PA' (sometimes '<EM
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>hppa</EM
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>') is the short
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way to refer to <EM
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>HP PA-RISC</EM
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> architecture. It's real meaning
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is: '<EM
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>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture</EM
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>'. It
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is used for instance by <A
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Debian</A
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>
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and <A
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HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>OpenBSD</A
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> to point out
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their ports.
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</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossipl"
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></A
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><B
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>Initial Program Loader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>IPL</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> It is the HP standardized system bootstrap responsible for
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loading the operating system's kernel on PA-RISC systems. It can be launched
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from the <B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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>.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossbootadmin"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossisl"
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></A
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><B
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>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>ISL</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>ISL is the executable that brings you into <B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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>.</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossipl"
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>Initial Program Loader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>IPL</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosslif"
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></A
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><B
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>Logical Interchange Format (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>LIF</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> This is a HP mass-storage format used for exchanging files
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among HP computer systems. It basically contains a header (identifying it
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as a LIF volume) and a directory of fixed size containing the files. The
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size of the directory is fixed when the volume is created, which explains
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many things about the way <B
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CLASS="command"
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>PALO</B
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> works!
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</P
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><DT
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><B
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>lifimage</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> It is the name contraction of <EM
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>LIF image</EM
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>, which is
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indeed a file which format respects the <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>LIF</TT
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> standard.
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It can be seen as the equivalent of an <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>ISO</TT
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> file,
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having the <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>LIF</TT
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> format instead of <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>ISO9660</TT
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>.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosslif"
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>Logical Interchange Format (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>LIF</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosslpmc"
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></A
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><B
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>Low Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>LPMC</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>Generally a recoverable system error.</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosshpmc"
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>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>HPMC</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossmp"
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></A
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><B
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>Management Processor (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>MP</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> The <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>MP</SPAN
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> is a newer evolution of the <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>GSP</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossgsp"
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>Guardian Service Processor (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>GSP</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glossparisc"
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></A
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><B
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><SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PA-RISC</SPAN
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></B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> PA stands for Precision Architecture. It is the name of two
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generations of HP processors. They are classified as PA-RISC 1.X and PA-RISC 2.0.
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But a system based on a PA-RISC processor is commonly called a HP-PA box.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosshppa"
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>Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>HP-PA</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosspalo"
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></A
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><B
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>PA LOader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PALO</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> <B
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CLASS="command"
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>PALO</B
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> is the <EM
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>PA/Linux kernel LOader</EM
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>. It was
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designed by Paul Bame as a <EM
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>LILO</EM
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> equivalent for the PA-RISC
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architecture.
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</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosspdc"
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></A
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><B
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>Processor-Dependent Code (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PDC</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> It is the firmware that handles all processor-dependent
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functionalities, including hardware initialization and self-test procedures.
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Once it has done this, it passes control to the ISL.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossisl"
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>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>ISL</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosspim"
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></A
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><B
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>Processor Internal Memory (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PIM</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> Machine state is saved here after <A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosshpmc"
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><I
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>High Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>HPMC</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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>,
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<A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosslpmc"
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><I
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>Low Priority Machine Check (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>LPMC</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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>, and <A
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HREF="gloss.html#glosstoc"
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><I
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CLASS="glossterm"
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>Transfer Of Control (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>TOC</SPAN
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>)</I
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></A
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>.
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See <TT
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CLASS="literal"
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>PDC_PIM</TT
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> in "PDC Procedures" chapter of PA-RISC I/O ACD
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(available from <A
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HREF="http://www.parisc-linux.org/documentation/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://www.parisc-linux.org/documentation/</A
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>.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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HREF="gloss.html#glossisl"
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>Initial System Loader (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>ISL</SPAN
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>)</A
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>.</P
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><DT
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NAME="glossnetinst"
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></A
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><B
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>netinst</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> This is not a PA-RISC specific term, though it needs
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explanations. <EM
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>Network Install</EM
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>, also known as
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<EM
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>netinst</EM
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>, are small ISOs containing everything you
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need to boot a computer and install it from network. They are based on
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the <A
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Debian distribution</A
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</P
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><DT
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><A
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NAME="glosssuckyio"
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></A
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>SuckyIO</B
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Semiconductor PC87560UBD, aka <EM
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>SuperIO</EM
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Provides IDE, USB 1.1, Floppy Disk Controller, parallel port, 2 serial
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ports, UIR (Infrared), etc. But since National denies the existence of
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this chip and HP was the only client for this buggy PoS,
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the name <EM
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>SuckyIO</EM
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> has stuck.
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><B
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>SuperIO</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>Official term for <EM
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>SuckyIO</EM
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>.</P
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><P
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><EM
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>See Also: </EM
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><A
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>SuckyIO</A
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>.</P
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><B
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>Standard Text Interface (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>STI</SPAN
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>)</B
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> It defines a standardized way to access the graphic subsystem
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on HP-PA.
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</P
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></DD
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><A
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><B
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>Standard Text Interface Console layer (<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>STIcon</SPAN
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>)</B
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