[Fwd: Re: Setting up Linux on a SGI Indigo Box]
Take a look at:
http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html
It's specifically for an Indy, so it may not work completely for an
Indigo, but it may be a starting point. Having another Debian box on
the same network was quite advantageous when it came to setting up my
Indy. The one thing that I would caution you on is that when you
partition your hard drive, make sure that the SGI partition is ~70
blocks. Otherwise there won't be enough room for the kernel. (that's
where it goes, as opposed to the root directory like on other linux
installs.
Good Luck!
Jeff Pickell
http://www.xionic.net
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 15:15, Robert Haack wrote:
> We have 2 SGI Indigo boxes that we would like to install Linux on. I've
> never used an SGI box before some I'm at a loss at exactly what to
> do. When we first got these machines they had no hard drives in them but
> we managed to scrounge up a 1 GB SCSI drive to at least do a test install
> on. We bought the complete set of Debian Linux on CD and now we are trying
> to install it, but all of the directions I come across say to create a
> bootable floppy which would be fine but these boxes don't have floppy
> drives and the system doesn't seem to boot off of the CD-ROM. So I'm
> wondering if somebody can give me some directions or guide lines on how to
> get Debian installed on this box.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
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