Subject: Re: installing NetBSD 1.6 on an Indigo2
To: Rafal Boni <rafal@attbi.com>
From: Ken Wills <kenwills@tds.net>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 10/02/2002 00:08:15
+++ Rafal Boni [01/10/02 22:59 -0400]:
> In message <20021002024154.GB14740@zaptillion.net>, you write: 
> 
> -> +++ Rafal Boni [01/10/02 08:30 -0400]:
> -> > In message <3D9706BA.6070209@berdmann.de>, you write: 
> -> > -> I tried to install NetBSD 1.6 on an Indigo2 (IP 22, 200 MHz) using a 
> -> > -> local CD-ROM drive without success.
> -> > -> 
> -> > -> The CD-ROM drive is on the external connector (controller 1) having ID 
> -> 2 
> -> > -> on the bus. Is is possible to install IRIX from this CD-ROM drive.
> -> > -> 
> -> > -> cdrecord was used to burn sgimipscd.iso.
> -> > 
> -> > It's possible the CD isn't entirely correct, as IIRC SGI cd's need to have
> -> > a special SGI-specific format to be bootable;
> -> 
> -> Yeah, as far as I recall they're EFS (at least the IRIX installation media
> -> I have is).
> 
> I think it has to be either that or FFS (or maybe XFS?), but not ISO9660 in
> any case, and it most likely has to have an SGI volume header to be bootable
> as well.

How would you go about makeing one of these? dd from an efs fs along with the volhdr?

Ken