The collected works of orange

I'm trying to run Dina to install irix. I'm booting it on virtualboxOSE (host is linux). but it wont start graphics(instructions) from the Dina menu on BSD.
IIRC, it complains: xhost cant open display ""
during boot or something similar.
I've got only 512Mb RAM for guest.

should I install vmware?

I've managed to get graphics when starting it from "VMware player" in linux.
I can also access the shared directories with samba.

but the problem is I can't mount irix .iso disks in linux.
('wrong fs type', used -t iso9660)

oki, I made some progress, but still no joy.

managed to copy foundation1,2 and applications to suitable shared Dina directories
copied 'installation tools' to irix/6.5/1/ (?what else?)

the problem is that indy2 doesn't 'see' installation.
I connected indy2 and PC with a switch. the LED shows only 10Mbit on indy2 RJ45 port.
(should I use AUI transceiver?)

tried various IP addresses, but couldn't ping indy2.
PC is running Debian and has no firewall that I know of.

I tried everything, but always get the same error; something about /sa(sashARCS) missing.

some help here would be greatly appreciated

Ok, thanks. maybe the problem is that I didn't try the 'overlays' cd, but used 'install tools'.
1) yes, other computers on LAN can see the Dina shared directories.
2) yes, ofc
3) no, my router has dhcp and its not turned off. but I typed in manually the IP in Dina and Indigo2.

thanks, there has been some progress. disabled router dhcp. now I get message "setting $netaddr.." (correct dhcp address) but then a long wait (few minutes) and then this error:

Cannot load network(0)bootp.../irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sashARCS)
Problem reading file magic id, err 0 cnt -1
Cannot load network(0)bootp.../irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sashARCS) -- execute format error
Unable to continue press enter for menu

I've tried resetenv, still nothing.
in the end I also tried "3) Then try : boot -f bootp()<IPaddressofDina>:/irix/6.5/1/stand/fx.ARCS --x" and got this result:

Setting $netaddr to 10.0.1.170 (from server)
Obtaining /irix/6.5/1/stand/fx.ARCS from server
93664+

and that's it, couldn't wait for prompt. what is the fx command supposed to do?

bah, still no progress..
it says '..fx.ARCS' not a valid file to boot


maybe 6.5 cant work with 160Mb RAM?