Linux/Indy HOWTO
Will there be a SGI/Linux Install HOWTO especially pertaining to the Indy. I have an Indy, but I do not own IRIX, and I can't find any instructions in the current howto because it is not meant to be an install HOWTO. I have also heard rumors that SGI eventually plans to drop MIPS/IRIX all togethor and that they never plan on offering Linux as a viable OS to it's MIPS systems. Am I correct?
Brandon Barker
Quoted 5 lines · Brandon Barker
Will there be a SGI/Linux Install HOWTO especially pertaining to the Indy. I have an Indy, but I do not own IRIX, and I can't find any instructions in the current howto because it is not meant to be an install HOWTO. I have also heard rumors that SGI eventually plans to drop MIPS/IRIX all togethor and that they never plan on offering Linux as a viable OS to it's MIPS systems.
IRIX will exist as long as SGI supports their MIPS systems, that is for many years to come. Linux as OS is only planned for the yet to be released IA64 systems. That's all stuff for their public press releases and not for this list ...
Ralf
Quoted 4 lines · Brandon Barker
Will there be a SGI/Linux Install HOWTO especially pertaining to the Indy. I have an Indy, but I do not own IRIX, and I can't find any instructions in the current howto because it is not meant to be an install HOWTO.
There are several documents pertaining to installing various Linux distributions on an Indy. You should probably start with
http://oss.sgi.com/mips/i2-howto.html, which applies to Indy as well. If you want to use Simple, start at the newly reanimated
http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/Install-HOWTO.html. For Hard Hat, there is an Indy-specific document at http://www.linux.sgi.com/manhattan/.
In short, a quick google search and/or the FAQ are more than adequate to get you started.
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I have also heard rumors that SGI eventually plans to drop MIPS/IRIX all togethor and that they never plan on offering Linux as a viable OS to it's MIPS systems.
*sigh* This really should go in the FAQ. Expect to see IRIX die at about the same time the flying monkeys on the moon overthrow Earth by hurling a giant wad of dung at us with their catapult.
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