IRIX diskless workstation: an alternative way

[Linux-RISC]

A few months ago I released version 1.0 of Reanimator with diskless workstation support. The documentation followed the official guide https://irix7.com/techpubs/007-0855-080.pdf, and the result doesn't work well as well as being complicated, cumbersome and prone to error.

As the result was not satisfactory, I decided to investigate if the process could be done in another way and finally I have achieved it, using a totally different procedure.

I have uploaded one image of an IRIX 6.5.30 running on an Octane2, I hope it can be useful for testing on other machines.

New diskless workstation documentation: https://github.com/Linux-RISC/IRIX-diskless-workstation
IRIX Diskless workstation videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7fOFTpu7rt2beS_RgPIGp53fYubGyLYC

 

[Linux-RISC]

I have uploaded an IRIX 6.5.0 version to Mega, without testing it because it is incompatible with Octane2 and on Indy it takes too long to start up and ends up showing timeouts.

 

[Linux-RISC]

Images uploaded for testing on Mega: https://mega.nz/folder/7jJGlSSS#d25XyA8RhKJyoU2uSrlasw

IDW_6.2.tgz
IDW_6.5.0.tgz
IDW_Indy_5.3.tgz
IDW_Octane2_6.5.30.tgz

 

[Linux-RISC]

Finally, Indy IRIX diskless workstation is working:

New image IDW_6.5.22.tgz uploaded for testing on Mega: https://mega.nz/folder/7jJGlSSS#d25XyA8RhKJyoU2uSrlasw

IRIX-diskless-workstation/README.md at main · Linux-RISC/IRIX-diskless-workstation

Tutorial: how to boot an IRIX diskless workstation using Reanimator - Linux-RISC/IRIX-diskless-workstation

github.com

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[Linux-RISC]

The Indy takes a while to boot, but once it boots it's fully functional . I am thinking of working with my sgi diskless, saving noise and heat generation.

It is a change of concept that is worth evaluating.