-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 i'll give it a go. my monitor adapter should be here in a few days and i can test it then. is there a place i can pull the iso off the web from instead of email? the mail servers here are really cranky about large attachments. --waldo
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 8:53:54+0000<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris / subscribers, > > I don't have an Indigo2 personally, and have only tested the boot disc > method on an Indy. If anyone else reading the group has an Indigo2 and > is prepared to test this on Chris's behalf, I'd be happy to email them > an iso image for the boot disc. > > Also, it may be that Florian Lohoff has already tried this ? > > Bruce Murray > > > > > From: Chris Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri 07/Mar/2003 01:05 GMT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CC: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: install from CD on an Indy > > > > I'm noticing that Indigo2's seem to have much better availability > > then than Indy's and also are quite a bit faster. I can do with the > > lack of Indigo 2 video support as long as the CD install method > > described below will still work. It looks like they both use the > > same tftpboot.img, and I'm guessing the Indigo2's boot code is > > similar enough to the Indy's that it will boot from the CD the same > > way. Can someone confirm this? > > > > Just in case I have to revert to a net install, do the instructions > > at http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html > > apply to the Indigo 2 also? If so, can someone point me to > > directions on using the serial console. So far the only help I've > > been able to find is the following in the MIPS-HOWTO.html: > > > > Silicon Graphics Indigo2 > > > > This machine is the successor to the Indigo and is very similar to > > the Indy. It is now supported, but is lacking in several areas. > > You will > > have > > to use serial console. If you have an Indigo2 and still want to > > run Linux on it, contact either Florian Lohoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or > > Klaus Naumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris Plummer > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > This (i.e. CD only installation) is indeed possible, and I have > > > done it. But you cannot do it directly with the 6CD set, I think > > > you also need a homemade "boot CD". > > > > > > I made mine as follows... > > > > > > I downloaded the tftpboot image to be found at > > > > > > http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/install/r4k-ip22/tftpboot.img > > > > > > (the principal significance of this image is that it uses a kernel > > > with ISO9660 support compiled in, needed to mount the installation > > > CDs locally rather than accessing them via NFS or ftp over a > > > network - the 3.0r0 and 3.0r1 distributions do not have this yet, > > > as far as I know). Then, since I was working on a Win2K platform, > > > I used Nero to create an .iso image of a CD with this single file > > > on the disc. Don't burn the disc yet, since this iso image needs > > > to be modified first. > > > > > > The first 512 bytes of the iso image are then patched (I did it > > > manually with a hex editor) to put a fake SGI disk label on the > > > eventual boot CD - this is a small data structure which is read by > > > the Indy PROM firmware, and contains (primarily) a pointer from > > > filename "sashARCS" to the logical block on the disc where the > > > tftpboot image file can be found - I derived this using IsoBuster > > > (adjusting for the fact that the Indy firmware expects to work in > > > logical blocks of size 512 bytes, whereas CD-ROMs natively number > > > logical blocks of size 2K bytes). I think Guido Guenther was the > > > first guy to figure out how to do this, by reverse engineering an > > > IRIX install disc - there is some C source around on his website > > > from which you can reverse engineer the SGI disc label format. > > > There is some checksumming involved in making a disc label, I > > > wrote a little bit of code to do that bit. > > > > > > Having modified the iso image, you then burn the disc. The Indy > > > will now boot directly from this disc,and run the installer > > > exactly as if you had done a tftpboot. Start the machine, escape > > > into the PROM monitor, and select "Install System Software" (my > > > Indy has a PROM version in which this is implemented in a GUI, but > > > you also can do it with a "boot" command and appropriate arguments > > > to specify the boot device. > > > > > > The install pretty much runs as normal from then on. You can do > > > the necessary fdisk-ing with the tools that load into the RAMdisc > > > created when booting into the installer, but of course when you > > > get to the kernel installation part of the install process, you > > > need to insert the real CD#1 from the set bought from your vendor. > > > When fdisk-ing, you need to make an SGI volume header on your > > > target bootable HD big enough to take the kernel (at least 5 MB, > > > 10 would safer), but all this is covered in the HOWTOs etc > > > available on the web. > > > > > > I also found that I head some problems with a TEAC SCSI CD-ROM > > > drive (model 532S), but a 12X Toshiba one worked perfectly. Some > > > people will tell you this is to do with the ability of the drive > > > to support 512 byte logical block sizes, but I am not convinced. > > > The TEAC had a specific jumper to force the drive into this mode, > > > but still failed. I believe it is something to do with the SCSI > > > implementation (maybe even a termination problem, I never found > > > out) - the SCSI controller on Indys is reputedly very fussy. > > > > > > If it helps, I can email you the image iso image for the boot disc > > > (it is on a different machine to the one I am using currently, so > > > it will be a few hours yet before I can manage this). > > > > > > Bruce Murray > > > > > > Southampton UK > > > > > > > > From: Chris Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Wed 05/Mar/2003 04:34 GMT > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: install from CD on an Indy > > > > > > > > Is it possible to install Woody on an Indy using the Debian 3.0 > > > > 6 CD set that can be purchased from various venders (assuming > > > > the presence of an internal or external CD-ROM drive of course). > > > > I'd rather not go the netboot/netinstall route if possible. I've > > > > done it for the Qube 2, and found it to be such a major pain > > > > compared to CD installs I've done on other systems. > > > > > > > > If it is possible, please pass along a brief description of what > > > > needs to be done. Thanks! > > > > > > > > Chris Plummer > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > _________ Freeserve AnyTime - Go online whenever you want for just > > > £6.99 a month for your first 3 months, that's HALF PRICE! And then > > > it's just £14.99 a month after that. > > > > > > For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call > > > free on 0800 970 8890 > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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