10 May
2013
10 May
'13
4:04 p.m.
On 10/05/2013 20:47, JP Hindin wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013, John Many Jars wrote:
> SGI Indy:
>
> I have one. I made the mistake of putting linux on it. It's now the
> slowest linux box I've ever used... (;
So run IRIX :-) I've nothing against Linux, but if you've got an SGI...
My first Indy was a R4600 and I didn't have IRIX,
so I net-installed Linux
on it. It would take 4 hours to complete a kernel build, and it took 11
hours to build X. I gave up on doing the gcc build.
I've got a few Indys (and 3 Indigos, 3 O2s, and an Origin 2000). The
two Indys I use most are now R5000SC powered, and they do OK. One of
them runs 24/7 as a server here. Previously they've been various R4400
and R4600, PC and SC, and it must be admitted that most run Irix 5.3
better than 6.5.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York