[rescue] RE: IRIX 6.5.9 Indy install troubles

[Mark Gill]

> I'm trying to install IRIX 6.5.9 onto my Indy.  It is a
> clean install, no previous OS on disk.  I followed the
> initial instructions posed here:
> http://www.orcawerks.com/sgi/irix/install.html
>
> <snipped>
>
> PANIC: IRIX Killed due to internal Error.
> at PC:0x88014fa0 ep:0xffffc7a0
> [Press reset to restart the machine.]
>
> And that's it.  I've tried this a few times with the
> same results every time.  Sorry for the lack of much
> technical info here but i don't know sh*t about SGIs
> and other than a brief attempt with an incorrect
> version of 5.3, this is the first time i have
> attempted to install any version of IRIX.
>
> Anyone have any idea what i have going wrong here?  Bad
> piece of hardware, RAM or cache?
>
> Thanks for any help you may be able to give,
> /KRM
> *************************************

Don't have an answer for you unfortunately, but I can recommend the
installation instructions at Ian Mapleson's excellent SGI site here:

	http://futuretech.mirror.vuurwerk.net/6.5inst.html

I followed these on my Indys and the installs went perfectly.