[rescue] OT: IRIX 6.5 installation on a Indigo2 R10k Impact

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Scott Newell <newell at cei.net> wrote:
> >Time to hack up a 8pin din to a 9pin serial cable and try a console
> install.
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I do prefer doing OS installs with a serial
> console--I capture all the comm during the install in case I need to
> refer back and remember how I did something.  It's also handy if the
> install fails--it's easy to cut-n-paste and then ask for help online.

I used to test software installation, and I used the "tee" command very
effectively for command line installs ;^)


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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