[geeks] Indigo2 irix(need help)

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

> The 6.2 cds should cover all hardware up to the release of the O2, 
> which includes the IP28.  IIRC the "PATH" variable in the prom should 
> be set to the hardware path (dks0d1s0 in your case) that it uses to 
> mount the root fs.

I think I found it:

  http://www-viz.tamu.edu/~sgi-faq/faq/html/misc/17.html

Quoting:

> IRIX 6.2 is the current release on Crimson with non-GTX graphics,
> Indigo R4000, Indy, {Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE}, POWER
> {Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE}, and {Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE} R10000
> systems; note that this list includes most of the installed base.
> IRIX 6.2 was first released in March 1996.

...

> (The reason the phrase "was first released" is used is that SGI
> often re-releases a version of IRIX without renumbering, to make
> changes to add support for new hardware models.  For example, the
> latest re-release of IRIX 6.2 as of December 1996 is "IRIX 6.2 with
> Indigo2 IMPACT 10000", released June 1996.)

This seems to strongly hint that the March 1996 release of 6.2 did not
support the IP28.

--Jonathan