[geeks] SGI Indigo 2 diagnostics - how long?

[Kurt Huhn]

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 10:13 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I just powered up a recently received Indigo 2 (R10K @ 195 MHz, 512
> Meg, 2x 4 Gig HD and Solid Impact graphics, under $100 shipped - a
> replacement for an R8K box that the seller didn't have that I won off
>

Bummer.  I've been looking (though admitedly, not to hard) for an R8k 
Indigo2.

> eBay), and after booting into the maint window/application, I choose
> run diagnostics... well, they've been running for about 30 minutes now,
> with little more than an HINV display and a continually spinning
> "|/-\|/-\"...
>
> How long should this take?
>


A *very* long time.  I've had diags go for several hours on some 
machines.

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