PROM upgrade on Indy?
Hi,
I was under the impression that installing a new version of IRIX would
upgrade the PROM some time during the installation. I tried installing 6.5
on and Indy, but the PROM still has the same version as before:
version
PROM Monitor SGI Version 5.0 Rev B6 IP24 Sep 28, 1994 (BE)
After reading
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/download.cgi?coll=hdwr&db=bks&docnumber=007-3057-001
I am wondering if the only way to upgrade the PROM is to replace the chip.
Is it possible I just missed installing whatever package would upgrade the
PROM? I did a keep *; install hardware; and a couple conf to get rid of
packages that weren't installable. I thought that would have been enough.
If you are wondering why I want to upgrade the PROM, it is because I have
an R5000 that doesn't work well and I want to swap the CPU without
anything else. If I try to netboot debian it hangs, and even the Irix
installer dies pretty quickly. (fx seems to work fine though)
If swapping the PROM chips is the only way, then I guess I'll have to do
that...
Thanks,
Ivan
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