Re: installing on O2

[Anton Shterenlikht <mexas%bristol.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 01:26:30AM +1100, Max Matveev wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:13:57 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> 
>  mexas> Running PROM diagnostics, I get:
> 
>  mexas> October 20 2010, 12:58:33 GMT
>  mexas> start scsi test 
>  mexas> Device 4 failed self diagnostics test
>  mexas> Device 4 failed DMA test
>  mexas> Error code = IP32.08.0c.01.04, w1 = 00000000, w2 = 00000010
>  mexas>  press <Enter> to continue
> 
>  mexas> Probably the cdrom is broken.
> It does looks so.
> 
> In theory you should be able to use ls from the boot prom to read the
> content of SGI boot header on the CD.

In PROM

> resetenv
> ls
pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/:
sgilabel  sash  symmon  ide
> 

so, no, it doesn't seem to detect the cdrom

> 
>  mexas> I'll try to go the DHCP route.
> You don't need full DHCP - you can specify the network address in the
> prom and then use bootp/tftp to bootstrap - search Irix diskless
> configuration guide on techpubs.sgi.com. It has examples on how to
> configure the prom for that.


yes, that's what I thought.

many thanks
anton


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