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> I'm new to the SGI world. I have now a Octane 2, and I want to install |
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> Linux on it, and gentoo seem a good option. I have found this page |
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> talking about this: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mips-requirements.xml |
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> and refering to: |
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> http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/ip30/ |
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> which has moved to: |
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> http://skylark.cs.put.poznan.pl/ip30/ |
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> but the connection to this site is refused. |
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> Note that I well know GNU/Debian on x86 and SPARC (Ultra 10, Sun Blade). |
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> The main problem is that I don't know anything about SGI and gentoo. |
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> This is a good oportunity for me to learn both SGI and gentoo. |
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The Gentoo mips-sources package contains all the patches needed for |
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ip30. We also have install media for these machines, although the |
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current netboot images have a bug with ethernet I believe, and I'm not |
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sure they have support for the vpro graphics in octane2. I'm pretty |
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sure a new set of netboot installs and a new livecd should be available |
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pretty soon that should address all of these issues. |
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-Steve |
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