This SCI Octane has been waiting for a really long time I could give it the time it deserved but now it happy with its fresh installation of IRIX.
As the machine doesn’t have a CD reader, I had to do a net install. The install server was, obviously, a GNU/Linux machine.
I followed this guide: http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/irix/remote-irix-6.5-installation-from-linux.html with minor modifications here and there.
Now I just need to configure the Octane to install new packages from nekochan.net and play a bit with it. Maybe running some benchmarks or compile something.
I don’t think that this machine will see a lot of use but reviving it has been a lot of fun.
Next on the list machines that deserve time, a Mac motherboard that needs to run again and the a SGI Indigo² that will be installed like the SGI Octane.
A.C.
