Hi there, haven't used an SGI since uni 20+ years ago, now someone's given me an Octane and 20+ hard disks of data to get onto some modern medium.
It seems whatever hard disk was in it is not cooperative about life moving forwards, as I get messages saying it can't find the partition. I'm prepared to netboot it back into life and have been following instructions here http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/irix/remote-irix-6.5-installation-from-linux.html ... I can only access Command Monitor.
So, the problem:
I can't get it onto my network. (Mikrotik router). To simplify things I've a spare router with a cellular modem, my main Ubuntu machine and this Octane only.
The PHY seems to be working. It autonegotiates to 100Mbps full duplex, which I'm assuming is correct. Cable tests OK.
I seem to have a software issue likely caused by User Ineptitude. I've setenv netaddr to a local address. Came up briefly on ARP, then hasn't since. Packet sniffing the router's network interface shows up a bunch of broadcast from the router, but nothing - complete silence! - from the Octane. Even at boot.
Am I missing something?
Seems a nice-ish machine asides - hinv suggests it's dual R10k, 225MHz ea, 255MB RAM, dual ESI.
There's some form of Ethernet PCI card (XTALKPCI) in there that I assume isn't alive when we're fiddling around in the Command Monitor.
Any help appreciated.
It seems whatever hard disk was in it is not cooperative about life moving forwards, as I get messages saying it can't find the partition. I'm prepared to netboot it back into life and have been following instructions here http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/irix/remote-irix-6.5-installation-from-linux.html ... I can only access Command Monitor.
So, the problem:
I can't get it onto my network. (Mikrotik router). To simplify things I've a spare router with a cellular modem, my main Ubuntu machine and this Octane only.
The PHY seems to be working. It autonegotiates to 100Mbps full duplex, which I'm assuming is correct. Cable tests OK.
I seem to have a software issue likely caused by User Ineptitude. I've setenv netaddr to a local address. Came up briefly on ARP, then hasn't since. Packet sniffing the router's network interface shows up a bunch of broadcast from the router, but nothing - complete silence! - from the Octane. Even at boot.
Am I missing something?
Seems a nice-ish machine asides - hinv suggests it's dual R10k, 225MHz ea, 255MB RAM, dual ESI.
There's some form of Ethernet PCI card (XTALKPCI) in there that I assume isn't alive when we're fiddling around in the Command Monitor.
Any help appreciated.