An Old SG Indy needs some Linux....
Posted:
Fri Mar 14, 2003 7:06 amby ButtDog
What distro would benefit this old box?
I just got my hands on one yesterday, and the owner insits on putting a more modern OS on there, eliminating Irix. I've been searching around, but can't come up with any info regarding its architecture.
Posted:
Fri Mar 14, 2003 9:57 amby Void Main
As you know you can't just install any old distro. You'll need an operating system compiled for the MIPS. Red Hat used to have a port but I don't believe they do any more. I have never installed Linux on SGI but I have installed it on Sun Sparc which would present similar challenges to what you will have to deal with. I would suggest Debian if you really want to install Linux on it. Here are some Links:
http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/
http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian ... stall.html
http://www.linux-mips.org/
Posted:
Fri Mar 14, 2003 10:14 amby Linux Frank
And here is lots of details about hardware.
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=FAQ&fname=/usr/FAQ/hardware.txt
I have not found a specific Linux version, but SGI do have a linux development software package for IRIX that runs on more common architectures (over a Linux installation) - I know that is of little help, but you might want to develop on a standard machine and transfer that over to the IRIX software.
I think Slackware is capable of running on that hardware, but I don't know for sure - No I can't find that info - I may be imagining things.
However a case study is
here