From: Keith M Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org>
To: Mat Withers <mat@minus-9.com>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Newbie question...
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:22:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010613082231.B722@foobazco.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010613160745.I2024@minus-9.com>
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 04:07:45PM +0100, Mat Withers wrote:
> I'm also quite interested in mips linux - I've got an Indigo 2
> R4400SC with 128 Mb RAM sitting under my desk at home doing nothing.
> Is this a reasonable platform to run ? I understand that I would
> have to use a serial console at the moment - are there any plans to
> support a text console on the Indigo 2 gfx hardware (I don't really
> care about X). How easy is the install ?
As the FAQ states, this box should work fine. Graphics hardware will
be supported when documentation is available or someone manages to
reverse-engineer it. Perhaps you'd like to volunteer?
The install is a trivial matter for experienced hackers, an annoyance
to people who've never strayed outside the chartered bounds of
commercial Linux on peecees, and a source of unending pain and grief
for newbies. Unfortunately it's getting easier all the time.
--
Keith M Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org> http://foobazco.org/~wesolows
------(( Project Foobazco Coordinator and Network Administrator ))------
"Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss put
in an honest day's work." -- The fortune file
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-13 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-13 13:59 Newbie question Bartosch Pixa
2001-06-13 15:07 ` Mat Withers
2001-06-13 15:22 ` Keith M Wesolowski [this message]
2001-06-13 15:14 ` Keith M Wesolowski
2001-06-13 21:50 ` mjpento
2001-06-15 12:12 ` Florian Lohoff
2001-06-15 13:31 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-09-21 14:43 newbie question phess.linux
2005-09-21 14:50 ` Nigel Stephens
2002-01-27 18:59 Newbie Question Robert Rusek
2002-01-27 18:59 ` Robert Rusek
2001-06-13 15:43 Newbie question Bartosch Pixa
2001-02-19 13:11 strace sysmips support (was: Re: [FIX] sysmips(MIPS_ATMIC_SET, ...) ret_from_sys_call vs. o32_ret_from_sys_call) Wichert Akkerman
2001-02-19 19:52 ` newbie question Can Altineller
2001-02-20 7:06 ` David Jez
2001-02-20 20:26 ` Mike McDonald
2001-02-20 20:30 ` nick
2001-02-20 20:53 ` Ralf Baechle
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