Hi, thank's for tha answer. I have looked the Stanislaw Skowronek page about the IP30 port. Seems dificult, I will need more time to test it, maybe I try to have a dual box ;-)
regards, Leo A Dimarts 22 Febrer 2005 22:25, Thiemo Seufer va escriure: > Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > > Hi, > > > > first of all I'm sorry if they are stupid questions, but I would like to > > ask. In our lab there's a SGI Octane (IP30). I think that it's a very > > good box and I would like to install a Debian Sarge. I have searched on > > the web about the port, and I think that it's possible to install a > > linux. > > Linux kernel support for the ip30 is ongoing work, Stanislaw Skowronek > has some experimental kernels for it. Don't expect it to work stable. :-) > > > So, my questions are: > > it's posible to install a debian in a Octane? > > It can be done, but only via netboot/NFSroot/debootstrap, not via the > normal installer. > > > if yes, > > it's very different than a i386? > > The installation is very different, but once set up it is just a Debian. > > > Can I have a boot loader to chosee IRIX or Linux? > > The SGI firmware can be told what to boot, 'sash' for IRIX and 'load64' > for Linux. The simplest way is to keep IRIX and Linux on separate disks. > > > The box has an external cdrom (SCSI) and I don't have any experience in a > > SGI arch :-( > > Sorry, there's no CD installable version yet. > > > Thiemo -- -- Linux User 152692 Catalonia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
