The collected works of digitalneohuman

Greetings,

About 3 weeks ago I adopted my first SGI workstation, a R12K 270 Mhz O2. I have been busy reading, downloading, and configuring. This site has been an invaluable resource. Thank you!

When I try installing the O2 Demos 1.2 through the Software Manager, I get a conflict stating to "also install demos.sw.base". I have tried renaming the files to what I believe the Software Manager is looking for but I have not been able to get it to work. I am wondering if some kind soul who has a original of this disk could do a "ls -l" on the dist directory and tell me the filenames and bytes so that I can properly rename the files and check to make sure they are the proper size. I would greatly appreciate it.

I am hoping that since this is a demo disk, it doesn't fall under the pirating category. If so, I appologize in advance.

Dan
http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalNeohuman

Thanks for the very detailed response, rvic. I was assuming, for various reasons, that my demo disk itself had issues. I didn't realize it was an upgrade CD and I need the Applications CD for the base demos.

Dan

rvic, your English is quite clear and understandable, and I appreciate your enthusiasm.

I guess I expect a bit of "this system is the best" here. I remember back in the early 90's working as a temp at IBM and being told by an engineer how OS/400 was the best operating system and how easy it was to use. Later that day I had to show him how to use the mouse in OS/2. It's all relative.

Dan