On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Orlando Andico wrote: .. > > IRIX 6.5, you need the CD Install, which i dont have, ive try to crack > > the password (according to John the ripper docs), not successfull, > > debian wont boot from CD, and they said Debian MIPS dont support SGI O2, > > Is it true? .. > So, aside from the "sexiness" (only a geek would call it sexy..) of having > IRIX, there's no value proposition to it. Even an old GeForce 256 has > better geometry and texturing hardware.
Additional caveat, your installed copy of IRIX may not have the IDO (the compiler and company). And you can't install GCC without the IDO. So.. if you really want to use that O2, better get yourself the OS CD's and IDO. --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
