From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id NAA89144; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:49 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA01083 for linux-list; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:09 -0700 Received: from oz.engr.sgi.com (oz.engr.sgi.com [150.166.61.27]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id NAA01068 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:07 -0700 Received: (from ariel@localhost) by oz.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA04153 for linux@engr.sgi.com; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:06 -0700 From: ariel@oz.engr.sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Message-Id: <199708152017.NAA04153@oz.engr.sgi.com> Subject: boot linux - wish To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (SGI/Linux mailing list) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:06 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: ariel@sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME5a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Miguel wrote: : Ok, it is not that simple. : : The problem is that the Linux kernel does not have a module for : accessing EFS, so you have to do this in two steps: : Hi, Could someone rise to the challenge of writing a utility that will install Linux on an IRIX machine? It can ask questions like: Do you want to boot Linux from a [L]ocal disk or from a [R]emote machine [l/r] ? ... And: To install Linux locally, you'll need a free partition. On what partition do you want to install Linux on [/dev/sdb7]? And give hints like: Sorry you don't have the e2fs tools installed on IRIX yet should I download them from ftp.linux.sgi.com [y/n]? And give big warnings like: Are you sure you want to destroy your IRIX /dev/sdb7 partition by running mke2fs on it [y/n]? But it should make it much easier for non-hackers to install Linux side-by-side with IRIX. This utility should give ask the user where from to take a kernel etc. but it should have good defaults like getting it from ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/ etc. Lastly: it can have two steps (before reboot and after) but it should do enough sanity checks and user confirms to make sure it does the right thing. A working utility like this is effectively a HOWTO and can be much more useful for most people. -- Peace, Ariel From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: ariel@oz.engr.sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Message-ID: <199708152017.NAA04153@oz.engr.sgi.com> Subject: boot linux - wish Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:06 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: ariel@sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com To: SGI/Linux mailing list Message-ID: <19970815201706.RCBNQlO156hDaKsdcOQVbiD8kCSiMcOyX43yJXrIsVA@z> Miguel wrote: : Ok, it is not that simple. : : The problem is that the Linux kernel does not have a module for : accessing EFS, so you have to do this in two steps: : Hi, Could someone rise to the challenge of writing a utility that will install Linux on an IRIX machine? It can ask questions like: Do you want to boot Linux from a [L]ocal disk or from a [R]emote machine [l/r] ? ... And: To install Linux locally, you'll need a free partition. On what partition do you want to install Linux on [/dev/sdb7]? And give hints like: Sorry you don't have the e2fs tools installed on IRIX yet should I download them from ftp.linux.sgi.com [y/n]? And give big warnings like: Are you sure you want to destroy your IRIX /dev/sdb7 partition by running mke2fs on it [y/n]? But it should make it much easier for non-hackers to install Linux side-by-side with IRIX. This utility should give ask the user where from to take a kernel etc. but it should have good defaults like getting it from ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/ etc. Lastly: it can have two steps (before reboot and after) but it should do enough sanity checks and user confirms to make sure it does the right thing. A working utility like this is effectively a HOWTO and can be much more useful for most people. -- Peace, Ariel