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nuts
Who joined Nov. 3, 2008, 11:27 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Net Install IRIX from Fedora Linux at Aug. 14, 2014, 3:08 a.m...

Installation from Debian is easier, I've a tutorial if someone wants

nuts
Who joined Nov. 3, 2008, 11:27 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Tutorial: install Irix from Debian/Ubuntu at Sept. 12, 2014, 3:33 a.m...

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:

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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

and

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   /srv/tftp/1/dist

nuts
Who joined Nov. 3, 2008, 11:27 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of how to setup a bootp server from my win7 ? at April 5, 2015, 8:54 a.m...

Or you can use Linux:
http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16728942&p=7372063&hilit=debian#p7372063

De rien

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