[rescue] IRIX overlays

[Big Endian]

>On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 12:29:05PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
>>
>>  According to SGI, Each machine has a version of irix that its
>>  registered and licensed for.  I sold a challenge DM to a friend and
>>  they said that it was licensed for 5.3, so it was ok for him to make
>>  a copy of 5.3 from somebody who had 5.3 so that he could get his
>>  machine up and running.  This is the extent of what I'm proposing.
>>  If someone can send me proof that their machine is licensed for an
>>  older version of IRIX that they don't have then I'll burn them cds or
>>  let them download them.  I'm not sure how this would work w/ 6.5.x
>>  but I know that SGI has allowed things like this for 5.3 and 6.2.
>
>you can register your machine with SGI and get media for somethine like $70
>from SGI.  i *think* that you are alowed to use any media (copy of otherwise)
>since the license goes with the machine, not the copy of IRIX.  i'll ask about
>that when i call and register my Octane.

You can get media for $LOW_COST *ONLY* if your machine is licensed 
for 6.5.x.  If not then they want you to upgrade to 6.5.x for $600. 
They do however keep track of machines back to the Indigo days so you 
can figure out which version to get.

daniel
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