5 Jan
2008
5 Jan
'08
2:03 p.m.
On Jan 5, 2008 12:51 PM, Scott Quinn <compoobah at valleyimplants.com> wrote:
No go- IRIX support for IP17 stopped at 6.2 (it's
substantially
different from the later ARCS-derived systems, and has more in common
with the R3000/R2000 based systems than the later ones). IRIX 5.3 or
IRIX 6.2 are your best bets, though IRIX 4.0.5 (hard to find software
for), IRIX 5.1 (yuck!), and 5.2 (much better, but still not as good as
5.3) will also run on it. The SCSI errors don't sound good- check your
setup there. You might see file not found errors, but they won't be
SCSI errors.
OK, time to find a 5.3 or 6.2 disc(s) then. I'm not trying to
reinstall an O/S - not yet anyway. I just want to get root reset on
the existing install for now. Four drives installed in this box, I'm
really curious to see what's on the drives!
It's also got an 8mm tape drive. I guess that's a boot option too if
I can find/make a tape.