Stephen P. Becker wrote: >>I currently have 3 SGI Indy's (r4400) and 1 Indigo2 >>R10000 IMPACT. Can I run Gentoo without having to jump >>hoops to get it to work? > > > The indys should work fine, just netboot our most recent indy install > image and do a typical gentoo install from there. If they happen to > have GR3-XZ graphics, you'll have to use serial console, however. As > for the I2, that machine barely works at the moment. And I know > Redhatter is going to reply saying it works fine, but it still is very > far from stable. That, and the graphics in it are useless in linux > currently.
I'll just add to that... With the Indigo2 Impact: Yes, it does work fine... *IF* the machine is sitting there, idling, it'll run for days without fail. However, I've found lately, that a simple `emerge glibc` just brings the system to its knees with a nice kernel panic. Linux 2.6.10 wasn't too bad -- and I was able to accomplish quite a lot, dispite Portage dying every merge. However, the kernel running now, 2.6.12-rc2, seems to be quite flakey. You're welcome to try... but I'd strongly recommend against using IP28 machines for any high-load production use. If it's sitting there doing nothing -- it may be okay, but anything more than basic stuff and you're likely to strike problems. With the Indy's: As Stephen said... yes, they'll run fine... and by that, I mean run stable. Even X runs. (if you have 8 or 24-bit XL graphics... type `hinv` at the PROM monitor prompt to check) -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Stuart Longland -oOo- http://stuartl.longlandclan.hopto.org | | Atomic Linux Project -oOo- http://atomicl.berlios.de | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere | +-------------------------------------------------------------+
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