[rescue] SGI Indigo2 & IRIX 6.5

velociraptor velociraptor at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 17:07:35 CST 2008


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Francois Dion <francois.dion at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Skeezics Boondoggle <skeezicsb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I only boot up that U5 these days to
>> tinker with installing OpenStep 4.2/Mach on a SunPCi II card.  (Why?
>> Because it's there!)
>
> Could you explain how you do this? I cant figure out how to install
> OSes that are not directly supported by the installer. Been trying to
> install Solaris x86 on the sunpci, for example. You could boot from
> the network with some work, but where do you install?

Why are you cluttering up a perfectly good OS flamewar with
reasonable, technical questions requesting useful info, Francois? ;-)

I'd like to see that trimmed down package list myself for Solaris 10,
though.  It's not about saving disk space, it's about saving time
while patching and being more secure as far as servers go.

=Nadine=



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