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 (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA49334 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:04:17 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA77264 for linux-list; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:02:16 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgidal.dallas.sgi.com (sgidal.dallas.sgi.com [169.238.80.130]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id KAA79063 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:02:14 -0800 (PST) mail_from (chad@otg.dallas.sgi.com) Received: from roctane.dallas.sgi.com by sgidal.dallas.sgi.com via ESMTP (950413.SGI.8.6.12/911001.SGI) id MAA11895; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:02:12 -0600 Received: from roctane.dallas.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roctane.dallas.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA22305; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:02:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36B9E0A0.C3606CC0@roctane.dallas.sgi.com> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 12:02:08 -0600 From: Chad Carlin Reply-To: chad@sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.5 IP30) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chad Streck CC: Linux SGI Subject: Re: efs fs module References: <36B984B1.DF661745@vbe.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Chad, Can't make any gurantees but..... Do you have any SCSI cdrom drives laying around? They don't all work, but some do. That would be the easiest fix, if it works. If you need any help with the IRIX load, I can help you off line. Besides, us Chads need to stick together. Regards, Chad Chad Streck wrote: > I tried this questions to some people, but I was suggested to post here. > > I would like do a clean install of IRIX on an Indy, but the Indy does > not have a CDROM. I have a linux box, running RedHat 5.1, with a CDROM > located on the same network and was wondering if there is a way to mount > the install CDs on the linux box so that the Indy can read it. What > I've read is that there is a read-only efs module floating around, but I > can not find anywhere to download it. The only other reference was > efsmod 0.6, but it said that it is not usable on 2.1.x kernels of > linux. Any help would be appreciated. > > After a re-install of IRIX is completed, I could help by doing a linux > load on it, but I'm a newbie to the SGI/IRIX world, and may need a > little help. > > thankyou, > chad -- ----------------------------------------------------- Chad Carlin Special Systems Silicon Graphics Inc. 972.205.5911 Pager 888.754.1597 VMail 800.414.7994 X5344 chad@sgi.com http://reality.sgi.com/chad ----------------------------------------------------- "flying through hyper space ain't like dusting crops, boy"