From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f9MJU4m13735 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:30:04 -0700 Received: from ocean.lucon.org (c1473286-a.stcla1.sfba.home.com [24.176.137.160]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f9MJU1D13723 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:30:01 -0700 Received: by ocean.lucon.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7703F125C8; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:19:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:19:19 -0700 From: "H . J . Lu" To: Mat Withers Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: First attempt to install Linux on my Indigo 2 Message-ID: <20011022121919.A27925@lucon.org> References: <20011022130659.B20721@minus-9.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011022130659.B20721@minus-9.com>; from mat@minus-9.com on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:06:59PM +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:06:59PM +0100, Mat Withers wrote: > Hi > > I've been subscribed to the list for quite a while but am just about to try installing Linux on my Indigo2 (R4400SC / 128Mb RAM) for the first time. > > I want to try H J Lu's port of Radhat 7.1. I've read the the howto at http://oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html, have set up a tftp server a bootp server an nfs server and have made up a working serial cable. Now having browsed ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/redhat/7.1/ I am unsure what to do next. I assume I will need a kernel image and a root filing system to nfs mount but can't see anything resembling them on the ftp site. 1. You need to find a working kernel for your machine. I don't have one. 2. In README: 3. install.tar.bz2 has some scripts to prepare NFS root and install RedHat 7.1 on a hard drive. > > I have a spare 4Gb scsi disk that I want to attempt the install on. I assume that once I have got the machine booted using an nfs root I can partion the hard disk - somehow install the RPMS on it and then use dvhtool to get my SGI to boot from the hard disk. > >>From README: 3. install.tar.bz2 has some scripts to prepare NFS root and install RedHat 7.1 on a hard drive. H.J. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:19:19 -0700 From: "H . J . Lu" Subject: Re: First attempt to install Linux on my Indigo 2 Message-ID: <20011022121919.A27925@lucon.org> References: <20011022130659.B20721@minus-9.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011022130659.B20721@minus-9.com>; from mat@minus-9.com on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:06:59PM +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com To: Mat Withers Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20011022191919.VLU97mxTut-nMyXt4Ql_5u-G6V1ag7GmgegQ5gbEOUY@z> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:06:59PM +0100, Mat Withers wrote: > Hi > > I've been subscribed to the list for quite a while but am just about to try installing Linux on my Indigo2 (R4400SC / 128Mb RAM) for the first time. > > I want to try H J Lu's port of Radhat 7.1. I've read the the howto at http://oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html, have set up a tftp server a bootp server an nfs server and have made up a working serial cable. Now having browsed ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/redhat/7.1/ I am unsure what to do next. I assume I will need a kernel image and a root filing system to nfs mount but can't see anything resembling them on the ftp site. 1. You need to find a working kernel for your machine. I don't have one. 2. In README: 3. install.tar.bz2 has some scripts to prepare NFS root and install RedHat 7.1 on a hard drive. > > I have a spare 4Gb scsi disk that I want to attempt the install on. I assume that once I have got the machine booted using an nfs root I can partion the hard disk - somehow install the RPMS on it and then use dvhtool to get my SGI to boot from the hard disk. > >From README: 3. install.tar.bz2 has some scripts to prepare NFS root and install RedHat 7.1 on a hard drive. H.J.