Re: Debian in a Octane
Hi,
thank's for tha answer. I have looked the Stanislaw Skowronek page about the
IP30 port. Seems dificult, I will need more time to test it, maybe I try to
have a dual box ;-)
regards,
Leo
A Dimarts 22 Febrer 2005 22:25, Thiemo Seufer va escriure:
> Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > first of all I'm sorry if they are stupid questions, but I would like to
> > ask. In our lab there's a SGI Octane (IP30). I think that it's a very
> > good box and I would like to install a Debian Sarge. I have searched on
> > the web about the port, and I think that it's possible to install a
> > linux.
>
> Linux kernel support for the ip30 is ongoing work, Stanislaw Skowronek
> has some experimental kernels for it. Don't expect it to work stable. :-)
>
> > So, my questions are:
> > it's posible to install a debian in a Octane?
>
> It can be done, but only via netboot/NFSroot/debootstrap, not via the
> normal installer.
>
> > if yes,
> > it's very different than a i386?
>
> The installation is very different, but once set up it is just a Debian.
>
> > Can I have a boot loader to chosee IRIX or Linux?
>
> The SGI firmware can be told what to boot, 'sash' for IRIX and 'load64'
> for Linux. The simplest way is to keep IRIX and Linux on separate disks.
>
> > The box has an external cdrom (SCSI) and I don't have any experience in a
> > SGI arch :-(
>
> Sorry, there's no CD installable version yet.
>
>
> Thiemo
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