I can't provide any insight, but nice to know I'm not the site n00b anymore.
Welcome to Neko Bunn....these folks are pretty cool and helpful.
Aaron
Welcome to Neko Bunn....these folks are pretty cool and helpful.
Aaron
The collected works of zagnut - Page 2
jan-jaap wrote:zagnut wrote: Nope. More than likely, it will be a redundant RAID array for serving photographs.
IRIX does not do 'software' RAID, other than JBOD, RAID0 (striping) and RAID1 (plexing). The latter requires a license.
As far as hardware RAID goes: there are no hardware RAID controllers for SGI/MIPS systems. You'll need a disk array with built-in RAID capabilities, or a SAN server. Beware that there's a 2TB logical LUN limit in IRIX (this is a 32bit limit), arrays returning 64bit LUN numbers here will result in kernel panics and massive corruption. XFS does not have a 2TB limit, and XVM can be used to create large volumes out of 2TB or smaller LUNs.
I've got an old IBM DS4300 SAN server I occasionally use with my IRIX systems, it has ~ 8TB raw capacity (28*300GB). I can configure the disks in 2TB RAID5 LUNs and serve them up to an IRIX system which can then stripe them into a single, large volume using XVM (effectively a RAID50), and put a single XFS filesystem on it spanning the entire volume. SGI used to sell the same unit as the InfiniteStorage TP9300 and this is the way you were supposed to add large, redundant storage capacity to an SGI server.
The DS4300 is fully licensed and has many interesting enterprise features, but the noise level and power consumption of ~ 500W make this a silly thing to operate 24/7 at home. My current storage server (Supermicro, Haswell Xeon, 16TB raw capacity) idles at ~ 20W and is all but silent. And faster. Much faster.
Very informative stuff there, as I'm not terribly educated regarding RAID. So from the looks of things, I will definitely have to run a Linux port to get RAID.
Many will say, and some have already, get a small unit designed specifically for what you (I) seek. There's 2 issues with that...limited budget, and then what do I actually do with my Octane. In all honesty, IRIX serves me no real purpose. Especially with my extremely limited free time. Sure I could gut it and put "regular" PC components in the case, but time and money for that won't be available for quite some time. If I do that, I want to do it right, and do it good.
Hey guys, and any gals that might be here,
I seek help....
I have my triple boot box up and running (OSX, Win7, Linux Arch). However, I want to edit the Chameleon boot menu and can't find/figure out how. I need to delete one of the Win partitions from showing (see attached picture). I'd like to remove the "hd(0,2) Win7" option. It boots Win from the System Reserved partition and I can not figure out what/where file to edit.
Thanks folks!
-Aaron
I seek help....
I have my triple boot box up and running (OSX, Win7, Linux Arch). However, I want to edit the Chameleon boot menu and can't find/figure out how. I need to delete one of the Win partitions from showing (see attached picture). I'd like to remove the "hd(0,2) Win7" option. It boots Win from the System Reserved partition and I can not figure out what/where file to edit.
Thanks folks!
-Aaron
foetz wrote: that can be in a couple of locations. first have a look into /extra. that might be hidden so use the terminal or make hidden files and folders visible otherwise.
alternatively you could mount the small efi partition directly and look for the boot.plist there
Thanks Foetz.
However, my org.chameleon.Boot.plist contains nothing in regards to these choices. Also, I am not using UEFI, as my motherboard does not support it.
I know there's a file somewhere, similar to Win boot.ini or BCD. I just dont know where it is located or how to edit it.
foetz wrote:zagnut wrote: I know there's a file somewhere, similar to Win boot.ini or BCD. I just dont know where it is located or how to edit it.
yeah that's the default com.apple.Boot.plist. if you don't have either chameleon will just use the defaults
Is there any way to add a specific boot list?
This does not need to be necessary. It is just annoying, as I sometimes choose the Win7 partition for boot when choosing to boot Win7. Choosing Win7, instead of System Reserved, does not boot Win7. This is just for convenience.
foetz wrote:zagnut wrote:foetz wrote:zagnut wrote: I know there's a file somewhere, similar to Win boot.ini or BCD. I just dont know where it is located or how to edit it.
yeah that's the default com.apple.Boot.plist. if you don't have either chameleon will just use the defaults
Is there any way to add a specific boot list?
sure, just create that file in /Extra. shouldn't be hard to find an example out there
Cool...I'll give that a go in the next day or two. Thanks foetz.
Hey guys, and any gals if any here. Been pretty busy the past few days.
I decided this week to upgrade Win 7 to 10 on this box. I was sure that the upgrade would nerf either grub or Chameleon bootloaders, requiring me to reinstall OSX, Linux, or both. But to my surprise, all went well and no bootloader problems, despite having to mark the Win System Reserved partition as active. Weee! Boot on!
Still need to modify the above Chameleon boot menu, just haven't had time.
So far I haven't had a chance to play around with Win10, but contrary to what I've heard, it doesn't seem that much faster than 7. Either way, it was free. This box was specifically setup as a test machine for this exact purpose, as well as trying out OSX and some Linux stuff.
-Aaron
I decided this week to upgrade Win 7 to 10 on this box. I was sure that the upgrade would nerf either grub or Chameleon bootloaders, requiring me to reinstall OSX, Linux, or both. But to my surprise, all went well and no bootloader problems, despite having to mark the Win System Reserved partition as active. Weee! Boot on!
Still need to modify the above Chameleon boot menu, just haven't had time.
So far I haven't had a chance to play around with Win10, but contrary to what I've heard, it doesn't seem that much faster than 7. Either way, it was free. This box was specifically setup as a test machine for this exact purpose, as well as trying out OSX and some Linux stuff.
-Aaron
uunix wrote: But are we not being a bit two faced on the fact, we like to use this retro equipment for what it was at the time and lets face it, yes in this day and age there are possibly better, faster ways on other hardware, but we like SGI (some of it) and that's why we make the best of what it is.
So comparing SGI server abilities to modern solutions is rather unfair on SGI.
And at the time, I bet we could produce a million people who companied about IRIX, AIX, HPUX etc, but I bet we could find the same number to complain about modern day servers also.
I must concur. Comparing it to modern day solutions is somewhat unfair. But in retrospect, if it serves well as a small file server, than I'm happy!
I still haven't had a chance to play with my Octane.
I have some legal matters to clear up first that I was unaware of. So, sadly, this project is on hold for a short period of time.
I'll have to read the entirety of this later.
I miss my old 586. It was an AMD k6-2 500, which I overclocked to a whopping 550mhz. I maxed it out at 512MB of RAM, and ran a 3dfx VooDoo 5 5500 video card. The system ran so hot, that I had a total of 9 fans. It sounded like a Hoover vaccuum cleaner when running.
I started building PC's as a teenager in the 90's. My first, personally built, PC was an old 8088. Followed by a 286sx. It all went downhill from there
It was this 586 computer that got me into serious system building/modding. The best part was, it was an OEM Gateway turned into a Quake 3 frag monster! I almost miss changing CPU settings via dip-switches. Oh the nostalgia! Thank you!
-Aaron
PS - I have an old soundblaster card, with firewire, that I'd donate to this cause....if it would be helpful.
I miss my old 586. It was an AMD k6-2 500, which I overclocked to a whopping 550mhz. I maxed it out at 512MB of RAM, and ran a 3dfx VooDoo 5 5500 video card. The system ran so hot, that I had a total of 9 fans. It sounded like a Hoover vaccuum cleaner when running.
I started building PC's as a teenager in the 90's. My first, personally built, PC was an old 8088. Followed by a 286sx. It all went downhill from there
It was this 586 computer that got me into serious system building/modding. The best part was, it was an OEM Gateway turned into a Quake 3 frag monster! I almost miss changing CPU settings via dip-switches. Oh the nostalgia! Thank you!
-Aaron
PS - I have an old soundblaster card, with firewire, that I'd donate to this cause....if it would be helpful.
Nice! Is that a fixie (single speed)?
I'd like to build a carbon fiber frame mountain bike for my Urban Detroit riding. Our roads are very rough here.
Would like a hardtail (no rear suspension), with a suspension / shock absorber fork in front. I found some very cheap carbon fiber frames on eBay that would work well. I have seen reviews of these cheap carbon frames, and they seem very strong and well made. I'd spend $300-$400 USD for one of these frames. I won't be jumping from large heights, so one of these frames should hold up nicely. Unfortunately, I have more important financial obligations at this time.
I like your bike....looks good!
-Aaron
I'd like to build a carbon fiber frame mountain bike for my Urban Detroit riding. Our roads are very rough here.
Would like a hardtail (no rear suspension), with a suspension / shock absorber fork in front. I found some very cheap carbon fiber frames on eBay that would work well. I have seen reviews of these cheap carbon frames, and they seem very strong and well made. I'd spend $300-$400 USD for one of these frames. I won't be jumping from large heights, so one of these frames should hold up nicely. Unfortunately, I have more important financial obligations at this time.
I like your bike....looks good!
-Aaron
Hello Nekonians!
Its been a few months since I posted last. I thought I would give an update.
Ive decided to use my Octane as a home RAID1 NAS. In doing so, I will be converting it to PC to be able to deal with modern network bandwidth.
I have already pulled all parts and boards out of my Octane in order to identify everything for specifications. I will be selling everything from the internals. However, since I have no way to test function, Im not positive everything works. I was told by previous owner that it was in working order.
I wish I had the time and money to test full functionality, but with a new baby, both time and money are short for such endeavors.
If any of you may have interest in the parts, please private message me. I want to give Nekonians first choice before placing parts on ebay. Give me a week to reply, as I need to ID all parts the best of my abilities.
Aaron
Its been a few months since I posted last. I thought I would give an update.
Ive decided to use my Octane as a home RAID1 NAS. In doing so, I will be converting it to PC to be able to deal with modern network bandwidth.
I have already pulled all parts and boards out of my Octane in order to identify everything for specifications. I will be selling everything from the internals. However, since I have no way to test function, Im not positive everything works. I was told by previous owner that it was in working order.
I wish I had the time and money to test full functionality, but with a new baby, both time and money are short for such endeavors.
If any of you may have interest in the parts, please private message me. I want to give Nekonians first choice before placing parts on ebay. Give me a week to reply, as I need to ID all parts the best of my abilities.
Aaron
Im parting out my Octane. But before doing so, I need to verify various internal bits the best I can. Whats the best way to approach/do this?
thank you
Aaron
thank you
Aaron
dexter1 wrote: With verify bits you mean identifying the hardware and testing its individual components?
First do a hinv -vm so you can write down the individual part numbers and revisions of the components.
Then you can do a general hardware test, by booting into the PROM and selecting Diagnostics. You need a recent IRIX installation CD overlay containing the diagnostic tools.
There probably is more info on Ian's site regarding specific tests, especially graphics hardware.
jan-jaap wrote:dexter1 wrote: You need a recent IRIX installation CD overlay containing the diagnostic tools.
If the system has IRIX installed, PROM will boot the diagnostics from the hard disk. It will try to load diagnostics from a CD first, but failing that it will start them from the system disc.
NB: since we're talking about an Octane2 here: the standard diagnostics do not test VPRO graphics boards.
Sadly, I have no way to test the system. There are no hdds and I dont have an adapter for monitor.
toasty wrote: I've always used Ian Mapleson's parts and spares page as a reference: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/partsspares.html
SGI part numbers should look something like "030-1467-001 Rev H" and are almost always found on every board, module, etc.
This should help a little. I remember seeing his page.