[rescue] SGI

[Joshua Boyd]

On 10/3/2023 12:45 AM, Joshua Boyd via rescue wrote:
>
> On 10/3/2023 12:35 AM, Thomas Pelki wrote:
>> A couple of websites back what you are saying about the latest 
>> version of IRIX for the Indigo2.
>>
>> Mine came with a 9G drive, extreme graphics, an unknown amount of 
>> RAM, and NO CD-ROM or CD-ROM Sled (hoping I can boot from a external 
>> Plextor CD-ROM drive in a Sun 611 enclosure until I can track down 
>> the Sled).
>>
>> I am still trying to decide what CPU mine has in it.
>>
>> Does anybody know which SGI keyboard/mouse is supposed to originally 
>> come with the indigo2 (teal)? I'm seeing multiple different keyboards 
>> and multiple different mice. I am hoping to keep it OEM when it comes 
>> to the keyboard and mouse without breaking the bank.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggested websites for trustworthy info on 
>> indigo2 and SGI in general? I'm new to tinkering in the SGI world but 
>> it keeps the mind focused while I'm still fighting Cancer. It's not 
>> gonna win.
>
>
> There is www.irixnet.org and http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/i2info.html for 
> SGI and Indigo2 Extreme information specifically. I used to boot my 
> Irix machines from a Plextor CD-R drive in a Sun 411 case.
>
> I gave away all my extra SGI keyboards and mice, so I can no longer 
> help you there.  FWIW, I generally preferred using a "modern" optical 
> mouse (with a green USB to PS/2 adapter) along with the real SGI 
> keyboard on my machines.
>
> Doing an install involves a lot of CD swapping. If you have the 
> infrastructure handy, you might consider netbooting to an installer 
> with all the CD files copied to a file server.


I also should have mentioned:https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php

and specifically 
https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php?threads/howto-irix-network-install-using-ubuntu.109/