1 Jun
2007
1 Jun
'07
3:04 p.m.
Richard wrote:
I've not installed IRIX from scratch before. I
recently purchased
some install media from ebay and the item description said "does not
include licenses". Is this boiler plate disclaimer, or am I still
needing something else to install the OS? Another item on ebay says
it *does* include licenses. Is there some sort of license key?
Does SGI have a hobbyist/deprecated-ware license available?
I believe it "merely" means that it would be illegal to install IRIX on any
hardware if you don't possess a valid licence key for it; I don't think any of
the IRIX OS releases are locked in any way and *need* some sort of key to
function.
I do recall feeding keys into the OS (6.5.3) for certain high-end video
software many years ago though, so certainly some *apps* are crippled without
appropriate licences (how easy it would be to circumvent that, I don't know)