Which means buying their support contract just so I can obtain major/maintenance releases. Pay even more for CD media.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:slug-admin@;slug.org.au]On Behalf Of Crossfire Sent: Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:21 To: Minh Van Le Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Is my IRIX box i386 ? Can I put Linux on it ? Minh Van Le was once rumoured to have said: > My friend gave me a Silicon graphics IRIX O2 box. > > I was wondering if I could put Linux on it. The SGI O2 is a MIPS based system. Its only resemblance to PC hardware is that SGI started using PS/2 mice and keyboards, and standard VGA connectors around the time they released the O2. The guts are completely different. You probably can run linux on it, but its not worth the effort. Frankly, if you want to use it seriously, stick to Irix. Nothing else will come close to supporting the hardware as well as Irix will. C. [Who still wants an O2 to add to his collection of SGI boxes :)] -- --==============================================-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==============================================-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
