[rescue] Sources of IRIX?

[Steven M Jones]

On 02/08/2017 12:54, Alex D wrote:
> For installation you need to start off with the base CD's for a release and
> then apply the updates. [...]

Didn't think about the documentation and instructions...

A lot of the original SGI documentation was mirrored before they took
down the old TechPubs webite last year. See
http://techpubs.jurassic.nl/manuals/0650/admin/index.html for IRIX 6.5.

Here are two general write-ups for installation:

    http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/6.5inst.html
    http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_6.5.x_Install_on_Octane

For model-specific boot commands, see
http://software.majix.org/irix/install-bootcd.shtml.

Those write-ups are good for using the CD images, but this will involve
a lot of disc swapping. There are some write-ups for doing installations
over the network which you might be interested in, from various
platforms. But you might need a running IRIX system to pull the packages
off the CDs if you can't get at a flavor of Linux that can read the EFS
filesystems. Uh, consider it an opportunity to do a trial run, get the
packages, and then do it "right" ...

VM: http://nekochan.net/wiki/Using_DINA_for_network_installation_of_IRIX
Linux:
http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/irix/remote-irix-6.5-installation-from-
linux.html
FreeBSD:
http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_Network_Installation_from_FreeBSD_to_an_Octane
OSX: http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_Network_Installation_from_OS_X
Indy (IRIX):
http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_Network_Installation_to_a_SGI_Fuel

>From hard drive: http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_Installation_from_Hard_Drive

And for what to do after installation:

    http://nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_Installation_and_Customization


Good luck,
--S.