Mike Goldman wrote: > The SGI Indy I was offered has now arrived, these are the vital specs: > Processor: 200 MHz R4400, with FPU > Primary I-Cache: 16K > Primary D-Cache: 16K > Secondary Cache: 1024K > Memory Size: 96MB > Graphics: Indy 8-bit > SCSI Disk: (1 GB presumed -- I may upgrade this) > Audio: Iris Audio Processor: ver. A2 rev. 4.1.0 > > I haven't hooked up an external SCSI CD-ROM yet in order to install > Irix, which I believe is recommended before attempting to bootstrap > HardHat, and in turn to begin the process of Debianization. Once this > is done, I will gladly make it available for other Debian developers to > work on MIPS porting.
You don't need Irix. You only need to netboot it and provide a proper root filesystem. The latter are found at ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/ as well as kernels. The Debian base should be right behind the door. Regards, Joey -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.
