Re: Is SGI Octane supported?
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- Subject: Re: Is SGI Octane supported?
- From: "T. Ermlich" <pelegrine@gmx.net>
- Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:37:56 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 529CA954.7010800@gmx.net>
- In-reply-to: <l7cgbo$mmp$1@pye-srv-01.telemetry.co.uk>
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Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.debian-mips@telemetry.co.uk> schrieb am
30.11.2013 11:57:
> T. Ermlich wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> Wheezy runs fine on my SGI O2, so I bought an Octane ... love the
>> cases ;)
>>
>> I checked http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ and mipsel, and found no
>> information regarding an Octane.
>> But I'm curious as arcload (http://packages.debian.org/stable/arcload)
>> supports it ...
>>
>> Is it possible to install Debian on an Octane?
>
> Since nobody else has chipped in: I looked at that a year or so ago, and
> I think at the time I concluded that older versions might work but that
> no effort was being made to keep it running. At that point the PSU went
> in Octane #1, and Octane #2 started tripping the main breaker...
>
> I suggest trying it to see what happens, but my experience with older
> systems suggests that you /might/ be better off with nothing newer than
> Lenny. /Please/ keep us updated on how you get on.
Thanks a lot, Mark!
I'll give it a try during christmas holidays ... and if there's any
result I'll post it here.
Have a nice day!
cu,
Torsten
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