[rescue] The onyx godness

[Kurt Huhn]

Dan Sikorski <me at dansikorski.com> wrote:

> My first question would be: Why the hell would you just do a serial
> console on an Onyx? *
>  

Well, I dunno.  I wouldn't, but I use me SGIs for interactive work. 
However, if it was a database server or something, not starting the GUI
could save *tons* of system resources.

> 
> well, i started it up in single user mode, and manually brought it
> into runlevels 2 and 3 getting the exact same results.
>  

Odd...

> > Need media to install a good system?
> 
> As long as i can install from the same media that i installed my o2
> from, i should be fine.  Is there Onyx specific software that i
> need/want?
> 

Not really, a standard Irix install should work fine.  What version do
you have for the O2?

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