Hello

sNAAPS eLYK wrote:
> Hypothetically speaking, I don't want IRIX. So could I just buy a
> null-modem serial cable, attach it to another computer of mine with
> some "serial console software" and use the O2 as a command-line only
> BSD machine?

If you have your network setup correctly, you also will be able to 
do ssh login to it, so you are not limited only to one command-line.

> And on another note, I realize this is the wrong mailling list, but
> does anyone know about Debian or Gentoo for the MIPS arch, would it
> support a graphical UI?

My co-worker (Debian person) gave me once a link to "Debian on SGI 
O2" [1], but as he told me it is not working on the R10k. Did not 
play with it yet.

   [1] http://www.cyrius.com/debian/o2/

If you want to try out an other BSD, have a look at OpenBSD/sgi 
[2]. I don't know anything about it.

   [2] http://www.openbsd.org/sgi.html


bye
Fabian