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 f5DFOxU09902 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:24:59 -0700 Received: from mail.foobazco.org (snowman.foobazco.org [198.144.194.230]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f5DFOxP09899 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:24:59 -0700 Received: from galt.foobazco.org (galt.foobazco.org [198.144.194.227]) by mail.foobazco.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 386803E90; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:21:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by galt.foobazco.org (Postfix, from userid 1014) id 4EDEA14059; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:22:31 -0700 From: Keith M Wesolowski To: Mat Withers Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Newbie question... Message-ID: <20010613082231.B722@foobazco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010613160745.I2024@minus-9.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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 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