From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:22:18 -0700 Received: from bob.openport.com ([208.219.70.3]:16870 "EHLO purgatory.openport.com") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:21:58 -0700 Received: from openport.com (isdn-dgarnier.openport.com [192.168.111.175]) by purgatory.openport.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA11297 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:21:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <39EE2D79.D55CA9A7@openport.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:08:41 -0500 From: Dave Garnier Reply-To: dgarnier@openport.com Organization: OPT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SGI news group Subject: Indigo2 setup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing I just picked up an indigo2 with irix6.5 on it, but no install cd's. Is it possible to install mips-linux with out the irix cd's? I would like to wipe the drive clean, and I remember reading that you need the irix boot loader, is this still true? Also is there a how-to, web site with an install guide, or FAQ ?