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 (970321.SGI.8.8.5/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id AAA369847; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:10:52 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id AAA20803 for linux-list; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:10:23 -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 AAA20786 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:10:19 -0700 Received: from knobi.munich.sgi.com by sgiger.munich.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/940406.SGI) id JAA24557; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 09:10:14 +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 JAA04940; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 09:10:13 +0200 Message-ID: <33D30B54.2781@munich.sgi.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 09:10:12 +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: richard offer CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Pointers on how to get started References: <199707181846.OAA20686@neon.ingenia.ca> <9707181200.ZM13791@sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk richard offer wrote: > > * $ from shaver@neon.ingenia.ca at "18-Jul: 2:46pm" | sed "1,$s/^/* /" > * > * > 3. Exactly what hardware will this run on? All I've heard thus far is > * > work on SGI Indy's. > * > * I think that's it. Whatever Ariel ships you should work, though. > > Does this mean it won't work on an R4k Indigo ? > > Bugger, there goes my idea of sticking a second disk into changeling.... > > [ changeling 240 ] hinv > CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0 > FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0 > 1 100 MHZ IP20 Processor > Main memory size: 32 Mbytes > Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0 > Instruction cache size: 8 Kbytes > Data cache size: 8 Kbytes > Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision C > Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 > On-board serial ports: 2 > On-board bi-directional parallel port > Graphics board: GR2-XZ > Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1 > Hmm. Can you downgrade to "Starter" GFX? That might be suffiently compatibel to Newport. 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 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+