From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] installing on a mips, SGI indigo 2 From: forsyth@vitanuova.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-afhkiepkllmcdgtzaphwlqzbyo" Message-Id: <20010821101406.970A4199F3@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:17:35 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e44e6c98-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-afhkiepkllmcdgtzaphwlqzbyo Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the code for the plan 9 kernel for the SGI Challenge-M (and relatives), which would simplify doing an Indigo2 port, isn't included in the distribution because it relies on information obtained from SGI under non-disclosure agreement. much of that data will now be available more generally, since i think there is a Linux port to several older SGI platforms, but unfortunately even if true that in itself doesn't free embattled debt-laden telecommunications manufacturer Lucent from the original agreement unless SGI agrees. you could try finding someone in SGI who can agree to it. --upas-afhkiepkllmcdgtzaphwlqzbyo Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 998383966:10:25464:3; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:52:46 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1127113; 21 Aug 2001 8:52 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.18.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 5A1E1199F1; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 04:52:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mercury.bath.ac.uk (mercury.bath.ac.uk [138.38.32.81]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id BE4181998A for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 04:51:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from news by mercury.bath.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 15Z73l-00016d-00 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:38:53 +0100 Received: from GATEWAY by bath.ac.uk with netnews for 9fans@cse.psu.edu (9fans@cse.psu.edu) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: <1103_998333791@-> Organization: University of Bath Computing Services, UK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [9fans] installing on a mips, SGI indigo 2 Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:37:14 GMT I have an SGI indigo 2 that my friend Ilya has now. I want to put Plan 9= on it b/c I don't have Irix. Does any one have any help or tips for ins= talling on this machine. Thanks, =D0arren =D0eHaven --upas-afhkiepkllmcdgtzaphwlqzbyo--