Releasing the 0.9.3 version of PA/Linux, a great improvment was made in term of quantity and quality of hardware support. That's why, even if your model is not listed, give it a try and report your result to the mailing list. The following PA-RISC machines can be booted like any other box of a different architecture. I must add that this list can change at any time. The best way to get an updated list is to look at http://mkhppa1.esiee.fr/list.html. At this URL, you will know if your hardware is supoorted and how. If you can run PA/Linux via the serial console or via the graphic card. You will also find everything you need there like the PDC firmware updates.
any 712 models. You can get X running on them via framebuffer device!
any 715 models including Strider series.
any 710, 720, 730, 750 models should be running with the latest ISO. It contains some modifications specially for hard disk devices.
some 725, 735, 755 models are running with the latest kernels. But since there was not a lot of feedback about these machines, we can not be more explicit.
A180C and similar.
A500 and similar.
BXXX models like B132, B180. These boxes can be used in the framebuffer mode via the Standard Text Interface.
CXXX models like C110, C160.
CXXXX models work with the I/O devices linked to the first IOMMU.
D class is normally working. However, many very different configurations exist in the D-class. As a result, it is quite difficult to make a general statement.
J class is the SMP version of CXXXX models. So, I have to do the same remark.
L1000 and L2000.
The following hardware will work in the future:
L3000 model.
N class.
SuperDome class.
The following hardware won't work:
very old boxes like 705s.
E,F,G,H,I class. It seems that Christoph Plattner made his E55 running.
T,V class