16 Aug
2007
16 Aug
'07
1:22 a.m.
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:22:54 +0200
Wouter <cctech at retro.co.za> wrote:
I had to leave two of the four monitors behind,
I don't care any longer about monitors. They are generic parts, easy to
replace. I simply don't have the space to store an extra monitor for
every machine.
Moral question : I have Solaris 2.5, Solaris 8 and
Ubuntu Linux. The
Ubuntu complains about not enough memory (there's only 64 megs in
there). But I'm more of a Linux guy than a Solaris guy...
You may try NetBSD.
64 MB is a bit low if you want to run memory hogs
like Mozialla / Firefox, KDE or GNOME. But it will be pretty OK with
somthing like fvwm. If you try NetBSD I recommend a -current snapshot
from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD I use
NetBSD on a U2 and
a U60 with X11 and it works well.
I did get a few CDs with Irix stuff, including the
development stuff,
seems like, and Irix 6.2 "upgrade". I'm sure I'll need more than this
to get the SGIs up?
I recommend IRIX 6.5. Installation instructions are here:
http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/6.5inst.html
It also tells you what CDs you will need.
The Indy looks fine but the O2 only comes up now and
then.
The O2 is a bit fragile. Try to "kreidler" it. I.e. disconnect
everything, unplug all boards and put it back together again.
So... tips, tricks, etc? And who has SDIMMs for me? Or
for that matter
SGI memory sticks, they look pretty weird...
The Sun U1 and SGI O2 memory is
proprietary. The Indy uses PS/2 parity
SIMMs. Max. is 256 MB RAM. The RAM for the Indigo depends on the CPU
board. The old R3k CPU board uses the same proprietary SIMMs like the
Personal IRIS 4D[23][05]. The later R4k Indigo uses PS/2 parity SIMMs
like the Indy.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/