BSD/UnixGamle Onyx, Indigo og O2 maskiner.

[Arnold Layne]

Som maskinene nevnt i tittelen; Onyx, Indigo og O2, lurte på om disse bruker UNIX. Har selv kun en Indigo (en av 90-tallets super maskiner:P) Og lages disse maskinene fortsatt?

Endret 7. oktober 2007 av ArnoldLayne

[jgilje]

Ja, de bruker SGI sin egen UNIX som de solgte som IRIX. Ingen av disse maskinene produseres lengre.

[Arnold Layne]

Er det mulig å få tak i Irix da?

[olefiver]

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What is the Indigo's native operating system?

 

The Indigo runs a variant of UNIX, developed at SGI, called IRIX. This is not something you can buy at a store or download for free. To install this operating system you will need the installation CD (or tape, for older versions).

 

For UNIX-heads, IRIX started as an SVR2 platform with BSD and SGI extensions that crept in over time. Today it is compliant with UNIX SVR4, POSIX and UNIX 95.

 

Regarding IRIX versions:

 

The R3000 Indigo can only run IRIX 5.3 and earlier.

The R4k Indigo, however:

can run IRIX 5.3 and later;

is typically found running IRIX 6.2 and later;

can accomodate IRIX 6.5 up through IRIX 6.5.22 (which is the last version to support the R4x00 processor).

 

SGI officially released IRIX 6.5.22 in Q3 2003; the Indigo has been an orphan ever since.

 

The 6.5.22m update is freely available for download here. (Registration is required for download access.) It's a good idea to read the 6.5.22m update notes prior to installation, because of an incompatibility with inst.

 

Word of note: Obtaining installation media for IRIX is not as trivial as you'd hope. SGI will gladly sell you a copy of IRIX 6.5 for US$600.00. Their license agreement forbids the resale of the OS media unless it is in the presence of a computer, so purchasing a second-hand copy is technically illegal. If you anticipate needing the OS media, try to get a copy when you buy the machine. Otherwise, you'll need to trawl eBay and scrape up a copy there (which, I shall remind you, is illegal, blah blah blah), or go through other channels.

 

Du kan selvfølgelig prøve deg på NetBSD til din Indigo ...

[olear]

Bruker NetBSD på min O2, fungerer relativt greit (skrev en kjapp howto i "puben" for en liten stund siden).

[Arnold Layne]

Skal prøve iløpet av uken, har litt problemer med 02'en.