Need SGI Classic Cmp Help

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Tue Nov 21 02:09:26 2000

> They both have the PS2 KB port.. I tried an actual PS2 KB, it lit up as
> expected, but I got a no console error.. Do you think it will actually use a
> PS2 KB and just needs to detect a mouse as well (with a PS2 splitter) or the
> SGI PS2 KB/Mouse is proprietary? I did read somewhere that some SGI's use a
> standard PS2 KB...

Some do, but not the PI/Indigo. They use the same physical connector as
the PS/2 interface, but it's not the same. The giveaway is that there is
no separate mouse port---it plugs into the keyboard. The PS/2 interface
doesn't work that way.

> floppy installed. The only OS info I can find is that the one runs Irix 4.0.
> (5 or 2 can't remember). I do (of course) have an external scsi cdrom (works
> on a sun) and a couple external DAT drives that I bet would work on teh SGI's.

4.0.5 is the canonical IRIX 4.x version. Beware the endless patch levels
though. I believe 4.0.5f is the final version, but I could be mistaken.

I believe the distribution media for 4.x was limited to CD or QIC.

> Thanks for all your help Mark, I appreciate it!

One more thing, I believe that Linux has loadable filesystem module
support for EFS, which would be the filesystem used by these systems. I
can't say whether this is read/write support or simply read-only, but it
might be worth investigating. I don't make a point of staying abreast on
what's new and improved with Linux.

ok
r.
Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 02:09:26 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:33:13 BST