From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6N0sXRw008770 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:54:33 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g6N0sXou008769 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:54:33 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (shaft19-f32.dialo.tiscali.de [62.246.19.32]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g6N0sQRw008760 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:54:28 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g6N0t3208564; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:55:03 +0200 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:55:03 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: David Hansen Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Linux support for Origin 2000 Message-ID: <20020723025503.B28380@dea.linux-mips.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from hansen@phys.ufl.edu on Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:49:39AM -0400 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:49:39AM -0400, David Hansen wrote: > Is anyone on this list currently running Linux on an Origin 2000? I am > looking into setting up an Origin 2000 (16p (R4400 195Mhz)) for my > department and I'm looking for information on Origin 2000 support (i.e.- > which kernels have stable support for it, can I do a native installation > of Linux on the Origin 2000?, etc...). The Origin kernel is suffering a bit from bit rot; checkout a copy of 2.4.9 as of November 1 and use the tools that are provided on ftp.linux-mips.org in /pub/linux/mips/crossdev/ for mips64-linux targets to build the kernel. Then boot from nfs root. Four line quick installation howto :) Ralf