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 (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id JAA03009; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:48:33 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id JAA06312 for linux-list; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:48:23 -0700 Received: from sgiger.munich.sgi.com (sgiger.munich.sgi.com [144.253.192.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id JAA06297 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:48:19 -0700 Received: from knobi.munich.sgi.com by sgiger.munich.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/940406.SGI) id SAA07484; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:48:14 +0200 Received: from knobi (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobi.munich.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/951220.SGI.AUTOCF.knobi) via SMTP id SAA06986; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:48:12 +0200 Message-ID: <33AFFA4C.4DAA@munich.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:48:12 +0200 From: Martin Knoblauch Organization: Silicon Graphics GmbH, Am-Hochacker 3, D-85630 Grasbrunn X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX 6.3 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex deVries CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Some simple hardware questions... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Alex deVries wrote: > > I have some ultra simple hardware questions that I couldn't > find answers to. Excuse the noviceness of it all, I haven't > touched SGI hardware in quite some time. > > 1. Do Indy's come equipped with floppy drives? What are they? > Is it possible to boot from them? > Oh no :-) No, Indys don't come usually with floppys. We offer a 20MB Floptical option (internal), or a normal floppy option (external). Both are not really popular with our customers. You might be able to boot from them, but this was probably never tested... > 2. I know O2's have PCI busses with a custom controller. > Do Indy's have this too? What is the name of this controller? > It would seem reasonably easy to slap a PCI VGA card in there > and port XFree86 to run on it. > No, Indy comes with our proprietary GIO bus. The GFX cards (8/24) plug on that. > 3. Do Indy's ship with CDROMs? > More often than with floppies, but it is an option. Not standard. Martin -- +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Martin Knoblauch | Silicon Graphics GmbH | |Manager Technical Marketing | Am Hochacker 3 - Technopark | |Silicon Graphics Computer Systems| D-85630 Grasbrunn-Neukeferloh, FRG| |---------------------------------| Phone: (+int) 89 46108-179 or -0 | |http://reality.sgi.com/knobi | Fax: (+int) 89 46107-179 | +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |e-mail: | VM: 6-333-8197 | M/S: IDE-3150 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+