Indigo 2 install (another attempt)
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I'm continuing to try to make my SGI Indigo 2 alive. It is a latest
model (MIPS R10000 CPU, SolidImpact gfx) donated by Logout. I had dead
HDD so I replaced it with my spare 2 GB SCSI disk. I wrote about that
some time ago.
The next step was installation. I had to find my original IRIX media.
At the end I decided to ordered another set from the eBay (in order to
not to damage my original ones as my CD-ROM drive was somewhat
strange).
When I got and prepared the media then my poor old external Toshiba
CD-ROM died. The external box was OK but the drive itself was not. It
was my only external CD-ROM which was able to boot the IRIX. SO I had
to find a replacement.
I found one here in the Czech republic. It was just a drive and visibly
much more used than my old one. It it has been to read CD media (and
also to boot the IRIX)! It has been the model XM-5401B (the same as the
original drive) so it is double-speed read-only drive.
So, I started the installation as always [1]. It gone well but at the
end the system refuses to boot...
Thus I will have to investigate the issue next year.
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* PF 2019 ! *
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References:
[1]
http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/6.5inst.html