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 FAA28642 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:52:37 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id FAA35733 for linux-list; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:51:47 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id FAA41730 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:51:45 -0800 (PST) mail_from (topcat@develop.nmdg.com) Received: from develop.nmdg.com (develop.nmdg.com [204.120.68.101]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id FAA03771 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:51:44 -0800 (PST) mail_from (topcat@develop.nmdg.com) Received: from [208.3.66.17] (dt092ndb.maine.rr.com [24.93.155.219]) by develop.nmdg.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA22005 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:46:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199901191346.IAA22005@develop.nmdg.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:11:05 -0500 Subject: Installing Linux on Indy From: "Trevor Jennings" To: Linux SGI Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hi, Well, I am new to this mailing list and am thinking of installing Linux on my trusty old Indy and was wondering if there was in fact any other way of installing the hardhat release instead of having another linux box to boot from? I was thinking of downloading the release onto jaz disk and installing it from there, is that possible? I believe it is great that there is a linux port happening for the SGI, especially since I use the computer for home use and spending $600 for a newer Irix (I'm using 5.3) just isnt worth it. Plux the fact the it seems the Indy is getting more popular as a second hand machine and its good to have an alternative OS running on it. Not that there is nothing wrong with Irix, in fact its great!! Just that its so expensive to upgrade! Another reason for installing Linux too is that from using Linux for several years now, I'd like to contribute software to the linux community. Cheers, - Trevor