[rescue] IRIX overlays

[Brian Hechinger]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 12:29:05PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> 
> According to SGI, Each machine has a version of irix that its 
> registered and licensed for.  I sold a challenge DM to a friend and 
> they said that it was licensed for 5.3, so it was ok for him to make 
> a copy of 5.3 from somebody who had 5.3 so that he could get his 
> machine up and running.  This is the extent of what I'm proposing. 
> If someone can send me proof that their machine is licensed for an 
> older version of IRIX that they don't have then I'll burn them cds or 
> let them download them.  I'm not sure how this would work w/ 6.5.x 
> but I know that SGI has allowed things like this for 5.3 and 6.2.

you can register your machine with SGI and get media for somethine like $70
from SGI.  i *think* that you are alowed to use any media (copy of otherwise)
since the license goes with the machine, not the copy of IRIX.  i'll ask about
that when i call and register my Octane.

-brian