[geeks] Indigo2 R10k, base install set or Linux pointers?

Greg Nesbitt gnesbitt at sapphyre.org
Sat Oct 2 16:51:58 CDT 2004


The disk in my faithful Indigo2 R10k recently died.

I had a replacement disk on hand, but because I had no important data  
stored on the machine, I didn't have a good backup.  I then discovered  
that my 6.5 install set is missing 2 CDs (the two Foundation CDs, of  
course), so right now I've got a blank disk and nowhere to go.

A quick look through ePay only shows a few 6.5 base install sets up for  
grabs, all at around the $150 price point, which seems a little steep.   
Anyone have a base install set they'd like to sell?

Several googlings seem to indicate that Free operating systems don't  
support the Indigo2 R10k very well yet - I found some evidence to indicate  
that Gentoo has a working netboot image, but no support for the Impact  
framebuffer, which is a little disappointing.  I'd love to see Linux or  
NetBSD boot on this box.  Anyone know differently?



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