Re: have octane will play?
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:35:09PM +1000, Daniel Robert Franklin wrote:
> > The Octane (SGI IP30) is completely unsupported as far as I know.
> > There's currently support for IP22 (SGI Indy/I2), IP32 (O2 - but R5K
> > only) and IP27 (Origin 200). None of these systems except for the Indy
> > runs XFree86.
>
> I have a dual-processor IP27 (Origin 2000 - apparently very similar to
> Origin 200). I understand the kernel boots on these things... but is it
> possible to install Debian? Should I wait until woody is released? IRIX is
> OK but I want apt-get :)
No need to wait for the woody release. mips64-linux runs a 32bit
userland, so once you have a working kernel everything should be "fine".
Crossbuild a kernel and link in the installer
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-mips/current/root.bin
via the CONFIG_EMBEDDED_RAMDISK option, tftpboot it and don't expect
anything to work ;)
-- Guido
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