[geeks] basic IRIX network questions

[Kevin]

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That's kinda how i justified it in my head.  It's a PITA to
install but once done, it's done.  However, i usually destroy
the system software several times in the first few months,
trying to figure out how things work, experimenting around and
whatnot.  Guess i've got a lot of long nights swapping CDs
(on a 2x drive) in my future :)

/KRM

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:29:14 -0500
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:25 AM, Kevin wrote:
> > 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'd agree except for the Windows apart.  I really can't
>    see how "hey, 
> the OS burped...time to reinstall!" could spoil anyone.
> 
>    But anyway, yes, the IRIX installation procedure
>    definitely is 
> painful.  I did my first IRIX install when 3.2 was
> current...it was just as painful then, perhaps more so since
> I was doing it on a 25MHz R2000! (a pair of Personal Iris
> 4D-25Gs)  But once it's done, it's done...you won't have to
> do it again until your disk dies.
> 
>          -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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