[rescue] Sources of IRIX?

Steve Sandau ssandau at gwi.net
Sat Feb 11 20:50:41 CST 2017


Ever install Slackware off of Floppies?
> Ha. Yes.
>
> Summary:
>
> 1. Spend 5 weeks downloading Slackware 1.1.mumble at 9600 BPS off the only HST
> BBS node in town.
> 2. Scrounge 70+ 3.5" floppies
> 3. Write out 70+ 3.5" floppies from disk image files
> 4. Discover they've all been written incorrectly.
> 5. Write out 70+ 3.5" floppies from disk image files correctly.
> 6. Discover the SCSI host adapter in my PC is not supported.
> 7. At all.
>
I've done slackware floppies many times (since like '95). Irix CD 
installs only a couple. The latter is *way* more irritating: CD swapping 
hell.

Steve


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