From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f788PJp21994 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 01:25:19 -0700 Received: from fenris.scrooge.dk (213.237.12.36.adsl.ynoe.worldonline.dk [213.237.12.36]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f788PHV21979 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 01:25:17 -0700 Received: from athlon-800 (athlon-pc [10.0.0.2]) by fenris.scrooge.dk (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA06296; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:25:33 +0200 From: "Soeren Laursen" To: , Ian Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:25:44 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: HELP can't boot Reply-to: soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk Message-ID: <3B7113A8.1719.52C999@localhost> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from Quoted-printable to 8bit by oss.sgi.com id f788PIV21984 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk You need (as I know) to use irix to prepare the disk. But read the following links: http://black.hole.org/indy-boot.html http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/Install-HOWTO.html http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/index.php?lang=eng Søren, > OK I'm having some problems here. > > I recently received an SGI Indy (complete with all hardware except disk) > and I installed a blank 1-GB scsi disk (no disk errors reported on bootup) > but without sash I cannot netboot linux. > > My question is this: How can I netboot linux (using bootp, tftp, and nfs, > all confirmed working)? I the kernel and the hardhat kit, but I can't get > the Indy to load the kernel. > > I have no IRIX kits available, nor a CD-writer (although I have > access to a CD-writer if needed). PLEASE help! > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Ian Cooper > ian@wpi.edu From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Soeren Laursen" Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:25:44 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: HELP can't boot Reply-to: soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk Message-ID: <3B7113A8.1719.52C999@localhost> In-reply-to: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com To: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, Ian Message-ID: <20010808082544.My81uGvS1v87LHIzTtqERF6ebNdNRV7LkcLAINxB4Ak@z> You need (as I know) to use irix to prepare the disk. But read the following links: http://black.hole.org/indy-boot.html http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/Install-HOWTO.html http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/index.php?lang=eng Søren, > OK I'm having some problems here. > > I recently received an SGI Indy (complete with all hardware except disk) > and I installed a blank 1-GB scsi disk (no disk errors reported on bootup) > but without sash I cannot netboot linux. > > My question is this: How can I netboot linux (using bootp, tftp, and nfs, > all confirmed working)? I the kernel and the hardhat kit, but I can't get > the Indy to load the kernel. > > I have no IRIX kits available, nor a CD-writer (although I have > access to a CD-writer if needed). PLEASE help! > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Ian Cooper > ian@wpi.edu