Hi all,
I received a request about to create a install server for IRIX from debian (it works also from Ubuntu)
It works from a dedicated PC or from VirtualBox if you configure the LAN by bridge .
This tuto also works to run Gentoo or OpenBSD images.
1/ Install your debian (search on google if you don't know how to)
2/ In your Debian/Ubuntu system install tftpd and rsh-server (you must have it for IRIX, optional for *BSD or Linux) with aptitude.
If you don't have aptitude, in a root terminal:
then:
3/ Now you have to configure the server, for example my server has an IP=192.168.0.1, my SGI has IP=192.168.0.3 with hostname="octane" and MAC=08:00:69:0e:47:98
4/ Copy the files from your CDs or Iso (with the mount command) in /srv/tftp, create some directories for all CDs (ex: /srv/tft/1 /srv/tftp/2 ...), If you want to try OpenBSD or Linux, put images in /srv/tftp
5/ On your SGI machine go the prompt and set:
And that all:
to make partitions , in prompt:
to run OpenBSD or Linux:
And finally install Irix :
go to " install system software " then " remote directory "and
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I received a request about to create a install server for IRIX from debian (it works also from Ubuntu)
It works from a dedicated PC or from VirtualBox if you configure the LAN by bridge .
This tuto also works to run Gentoo or OpenBSD images.
1/ Install your debian (search on google if you don't know how to)
2/ In your Debian/Ubuntu system install tftpd and rsh-server (you must have it for IRIX, optional for *BSD or Linux) with aptitude.
If you don't have aptitude, in a root terminal:
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apt-get install aptitude
then:
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aptitude install tftpd
mkdir /srv/tftp
chmod 777 /srv/tftp
chown nobody /srv/tftp
aptitude install rsh-server
3/ Now you have to configure the server, for example my server has an IP=192.168.0.1, my SGI has IP=192.168.0.3 with hostname="octane" and MAC=08:00:69:0e:47:98
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echo "192.168.0.3 octane" >> /etc/hosts
echo "192.168.0.3" > /root/.rhosts
echo "08:00:69:0e:47:98 192.168.0.3" >> /etc/ethers
4/ Copy the files from your CDs or Iso (with the mount command) in /srv/tftp, create some directories for all CDs (ex: /srv/tft/1 /srv/tftp/2 ...), If you want to try OpenBSD or Linux, put images in /srv/tftp
5/ On your SGI machine go the prompt and set:
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setenv -p netaddr 192.168.0.3
setenv -p srvaddr 192.168.0.1
And that all:
to make partitions , in prompt:
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boot -f bootp()192.168.0.1:/srv/tftp/1/stand/fx.64 --x
to run OpenBSD or Linux:
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boot -f bootp()192.168.0.1:/srv/tftp/imageBSD.img
And finally install Irix :
go to " install system software " then " remote directory "and
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192.168.0.1
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/srv/tftp/1/dist
