Indigo R4K and Linux?

Indigo R4K and Linux?

[Victor Kuhns]

Hi Guys,

	Running Linux on a Indigo R4K.  Has anybody done it?  Our indigo just
locks up when we try to boot off our machine running RH 5.0.  I have an
Indy R4k...but have about 10 Indigo R4k's sitting around.  Would be nice
to get the Indigo working:)

Thanks...

	-Victor

Re: Indigo R4K and Linux?

[Michael W. Folsom]

Victor Kuhns wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
>         Running Linux on a Indigo R4K.  Has anybody done it?  Our indigo just
> locks up when we try to boot off our machine running RH 5.0.  I have an
> Indy R4k...but have about 10 Indigo R4k's sitting around.  Would be nice
> to get the Indigo working:)
> 
> Thanks...
> 
>         -Victor


I second that motion!

I have a stack of R4400 Indigo's with XZ graphics floating
around and I'd love to put linux on them!  I even have an
R3000 Indigo with XZ graphics that's sitting idle. That's in
addition to a couple of R4000 Crimson boxes, but we won't
get into that now!

So, the relevant questions are - what's the pain level in
doing this?  What info do we need to lay hands on to get
this to happen?  And, as usual the most important question
is - how can I help make it happen?!?


Be well,

Michael

Re: Indigo R4K and Linux?

[Victor Kuhns]

I would certainly be interested in any modifications.  I guess I would
like to understand what the differences would be when the Indigo vs.
Indy boots up through prom to a Linux machine.  I have never been
through the source so maybe its something worth going through.  Any
comments or suggestions?


Thanxs.
	
-Victor

Michael W. Folsom wrote:
> 
> Victor Kuhns wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> >         Running Linux on a Indigo R4K.  Has anybody done it?  Our indigo just
> > locks up when we try to boot off our machine running RH 5.0.  I have an
> > Indy R4k...but have about 10 Indigo R4k's sitting around.  Would be nice
> > to get the Indigo working:)
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> >         -Victor
> 
> I second that motion!
> 
> I have a stack of R4400 Indigo's with XZ graphics floating
> around and I'd love to put linux on them!  I even have an
> R3000 Indigo with XZ graphics that's sitting idle. That's in
> addition to a couple of R4000 Crimson boxes, but we won't
> get into that now!
> 
> So, the relevant questions are - what's the pain level in
> doing this?  What info do we need to lay hands on to get
> this to happen?  And, as usual the most important question
> is - how can I help make it happen?!?
> 
> Be well,
> 
> Michael

Re: Indigo R4K and Linux?

[Honza Pazdziora]

> 
> 	Running Linux on a Indigo R4K.  Has anybody done it?  Our indigo just
> locks up when we try to boot off our machine running RH 5.0.  I have an
> Indy R4k...but have about 10 Indigo R4k's sitting around.  Would be nice
> to get the Indigo working:)

Victor, Michael,

Andrew R. Baker <andrewb@uab.edu> posted an announcement on January 21
about an project of porting Linux to Indigo2. You might want to get in
touch with them.

Andrew, if you have a contact URL or e-mail we could put on
www.linux.sgi.com, that would be nice.

Yours,

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