Success! I have successfully burnt and booted my SGI Octane from Kumba's X-RC6 distribution. The trick was in the burning. I was burning it from SUSE in a DVD burner. For whatever reason, it didn't work. I then tried burning it using cdrecord under Windows XP. I know everything says you can't burn the disk in Windows, but it was the only other machine I had with a burner. It worked.
For the record I used this file: http://smithii.com/files/cdrtools-2.01-bootcd.ru-w32.zip downloaded from this site: http://smithii.com/cdrtools with this command: cdrecord -vv -pad speed=12 dev=1,0,0 -tao livecd-mips3-gcc4-X-RC6.img I've used the disk to boot my Octane and my Indy, both into X without any other problems. Thanks everyone for your help! Now I just need to figure out how to install and boot from the hard drive! MikeMartin On 2/2/07, Mike Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's the easy answer. Unfortunately the Octane (which is the one I want to get working) resides on a network where netboot is not allowed. Believe me, I've tried to do this. The Indy, happily netboots (on my home network). I tried to boot it and the Indigo2 from CD to test whether the problem what the Octane, that CD or the X-RC6 distribution. From my understanding the intention of the X-RC6 cd is not to provide the primary method of installing the OS. It is more of an experiment to see if what can be done and provide a quick "hey look what Linux can do" demo environment. I'm looking to use it for exactly that. Thanks! Mike Martin
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