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Wrote on the subject of Need IRIX help badly... at July 5, 2005, 8:12 p.m...
Wow! I think I may be in over my head. I picked up an old SGI Indy and finally managed to get my Mac Quadra 700 to connect as a serial console. Now I'm having a devilish time trying to get anything to boot properly on the Indy.

I've taken the opportunity to capture the boot messages from the console and include them below. I can't make heads or tails of this stuff so I was hoping somebody here could help me out. I've spent the better part of the day in front of Google looking for help but have been unlucky thusfar. Personally, I think I'm in need of a fresh IRIX install. Any suggestions?

Does anyone know if there's a server anywhere on the Internet that I could use to install IRIX 6.2 on my Indy? I read that IRIX 6.2 is free.

Thanks for any help/comments/suggestions/insults/laughter.


System Maintenance Menu

1) Start System
2) Install System Software
3) Run Diagnostics
4) Recover System
5) Enter Command Monitor

Option? 1


Starting up the system...

IRIX Release 6.2 IP22 Version 03131015 System V
Copyright 1987-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

The root file system, /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0, is being checked automatically.

fsck: checking /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0

** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
** Phase 5 - Check Free List
23948 files 1428216 blocks 383016 free

REMOUNT ROOT? yes

***** REMOUNTING ROOT . . . *****
Jul 5 21:47:49 xlv_labd[36]: There are no XLV labels on any disks.
The system is coming up.

mount: disk.srv:/exports/dist-linux server not responding: Port mapper failure -
Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/nfs/cquest/disk/dist-linux
mount: disk.srv:/exports/local-src server not responding: Port mapper failure -
Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/local/src
mount: disk.srv:/exports/staff0 server not responding: Port mapper failure - Tim
ed out
mount: backgrounding
/homes/staff/u0
mount: disk.srv:/exports/students0 server not responding: Port mapper failure -
Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/homes/students/u0
mount: mail.srv:/var/spool/postoffice server not responding: Port mapper failure
- Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/var/spool/postoffice
mount: mail.srv:/var/spool/mnt server not responding: Port mapper failure - Time
d out
mount: backgrounding
/var/spool/mnt
mount: server.esc:/misc server not responding: Port mapper failure - Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/nfs/cquest/esc/misc
mount: server.pgb:/geog server not responding: Port mapper failure - Timed out
mount: backgrounding
/nfs/cquest/pgb/geog
mount: server.pgb:/usr/people server not responding: Port mapper failure - Timed
out
mount: backgrounding
/usr/people
mount: server.pgb:/local/mnt server not responding: Port mapper failure - Timed
out
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
mount: retrying
/local/mnt
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
^[NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
NFS version 3 mount failed, trying NFS version 2
managed resistance
Wrote on the subject of Need IRIX help badly... at July 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m...
Well, you've read wrong. IRIX 6.2 is only obtainable from SGI for free if it is the original media that came with the Indy, which is the same procedure for all SGI machines/IRIX software.


That's actually what I read: You can get it free from SGI. I'm going to send a letter to SGI and inquire. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. :wink:

What is safe mode? Is that single user mode? i.e. type "single" at the command monitor prompt?
managed resistance
Wrote on the subject of Need IRIX help badly... at July 6, 2005, 2:59 p.m...
And good luck in your letterwriting to SiliconGraphics, It's not too often that you find somebody who will actually decide that it's worth taking the time to do something like that, which is cool.


It doesn't hurt to ask, right? The worst case scenario: they say no.
managed resistance
Wrote on the subject of Need IRIX help badly... at July 6, 2005, 5:51 p.m...
That is an excellent attitude to take, IMHO... because who knows, they might just say yes.


Actually, it's pretty much my life's philosophy. I find that the biggest mistake most people make is that they discount the obvious.

From personal experience, I can tell you that many people will often go to great extremes to avoid the simple solutions. Fortunately, for opportunists like myself, the simple solutions are almost always the best and most effective.

nuff said.