[geeks] basic IRIX network questions

[Kevin]

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Yeah, mines kinda small too.  R10K 225, 256 megs and SI
graphics.  Still fun.  Gotta bump up the RAM though.  At the
very least it gives me an opportunity to play around with
IRIX.  I have been trying to install 6.5 for the past week
onto an Indy.  What an incredible fscking pain in the n**tz
that is!  Most of my troubles can are due to SCSI issues
combined with not knowing what i am doing, can't blame SGI for
that.  But to add the complexity of the install procedure on
top of that, ouch.  Guess being raised on MacOS, linux, dos
and windows installs kinda spoils you.


I'll go for the text files when i get home.  Thanks for the
reply guys.

/KRM

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:05:38 -0500
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 02:50 AM, Kevin wrote:
> > my Octane came in today, my first experience with IRIX as
> > i was never able to get it installed on my Indys.  IRIX
> > looks pretty nice, but i really don;t have a clue what i'm
> > doing yet.  Currently scouring the net for IRIX admin
> > info.
> 
>    Congrats on your new machine!  I just got an Octane a few
>    days ago 
> myself, to replace my I^2 R10K.  It's a "small" Octane,
> R10K/175 SI, but I like it anyway. :-)
> 
> > Anyone know how i change router and name resolution
> > settings? I did the network configuration but that only
> > allowed me to setup the host name, IP and subnet mask.  I
> > looked for resolve.conf but no such luck.
> 
>    If you want to use the GUI, open "System Manager" and
>    click on 
> "Modify Networking Settings".  It's all in there.  I
> generally dislike using GUIs instead of simply editing the
> files, but IRIX's graphical interface to that stuff is
> actually pretty nice.
> 
>    Alternatively, you can edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and
>    /etc/resolv.conf 
> (without the "e") for DNS support.
> 
>    Good luck with your new machine!
> 
>              -Dave
> 
> --
> Dave McGuire           "Wear whatever you want...Just don't
> be surprised St. Petersburg, FL        if you wind up with a
> blow-gun dart in your
>                             prosthetic boobies."    -Kurt
>                             Huhn
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