HP workstation

[pankos]

Please i want your help for a issue.

I have a HP c8000 workstation which has already the HP-UX operating system.
My question is if i can setup a linux system (fedora or other) on this machine.

thanks

[Roxoff]

It depends on the hardware for the machine. If it's just a PC underneath all that you should have no problems getting something going.

If it'll boot off the CD, you could always try a live CD version of Fedora. That would let you know for certain and not be invasive.

[Irithori]

The hardware is deprecated.
Its specs say, it has one or two pa-risc cpus.
http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/.../c00093136.pdf

So no, you cannot use one of the "mainstream" live CDs, as they are made for x86 cpus.
Traditionally, debian is available for a wide range of architectures, and indeed: The pa-riscs were supported for a while:
Debian -- PA-RISC Port
But no longer now, debian dropped that support.

So if you want to play, you probably can get a linux to run on it.
But dont expect a straightforward installation.
Maybe this is a start:
PARISC-LINUX
PA-RISC Operating Systems - OpenPA.net