SGI Indy

2008-07-15

Required software for net installation:

• Installation overlay (no install tools CD neccessary)
• dhcpd configured for bootp
• tftpd for supplying sash and miniroot
• rshd for supplying the packages, because the miniroot lacks NFS support
• NFS server for supplying the rest of the packages

2008-07-22

Finally got hold of a few old SCSI disks to try out. rsh is a no-go because of the idiotic login from the IRIX installer. root-something. Where's a documentation of the protocol?

Target SCSI disk jumper settings

2008-07-23

Installation Tools CDR -> 1GB HDD Played a lot with SCSI IDs: Install tools disk -> ID 2, target disk -> ID 1, ID 0 is the controller Booting from there works, but loading unix.IP22 doesn't because disk isn't formatted. Boot command from ARCS boot menu:

boot -f dksc(0,2,8)sash.ARCS dksc(0,2,7)dist/miniroot/unix.IP22

Formatted disk via netboot, then loaded unix.IP22 from 1GB HDD -> works! Lots of missing base packages, could only install a few. System not bootable. Tried mounting NFS via installer shell. Problem: no portmapper. Mounting Install tools HDD from installer shell:

mkdir /cdrom
mount /dev/dsk/dks0d2r7 /cdrom

Then use /cdrom/dist as package source.

2008-08-19

After installing from the two Foundation CDs (had to boot installer via network), there was no sash in the root drive volume header. There is a tool called dvhtool to edit it.

How to copy sash from one volume header to another and the whole documentation @ Silicon Graphics.

Documentation about the nvram settings can be found here.