Tom Cort wrote:
You ever install any other OS (linux?) on an SGI?
Just curious... I've got some Indigo2s hanging around.
Should have junked them by now, but I'm too lazy....
I've installed Linux on an Indigo2! It isn't that fun, trust me. The video card
isn't supported by Linux, not even in text mode. You'll have to use a serial
console. I used `screen` on an old PC running Linux. The serial port on the
Indigo2 is also Mini DIN, so you need a special cable to connect it to a PC
serial port.. I think you can buy them on eBay; I got a friend to solder
together part of a Sun TYPE4 keyboard cable and a null modem cable after I
figured out the correct pinout. I'm going to look for it tonight, and if I
still have it I'll let you borrow it. Finding a bootable CD-ROM drive that
works is difficult too. I ended up doing a netboot with some kernels from
Gentoo.
That might be more fun than I can handle right now :)
... but thanks for the offer.
cheers,
EB
