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Well on some level I do agree that the hardware architecture should not
matter for a class of System like all Ocatnes or Indys etc.... But on
the other hand given the performance level attainable from SGI systems
when compaired to a standard clone system is well worth the
inconvenience of sorting these things out. And for those who are looking
at installing Linux due to cost situations (I was quoated $900.00 CDN)
for a full instalable 6.5.26 or .27 not sure now. Contact this fellow,
he has offered me a 18Gb drive with the media installed for $150.00 USD
and I'm thinking I'll go for that deal. Also take a look at this site it
seems to have some good info as well as a PDF book for creating your own
custom distro. http://www.ca.linuxfromscratch.org it's a site totally
devoted to creating custom distros.

Regards
Richard

Mike Poullas wrote:

>Well someone needs to make this clear in the docs or
>web site. Either way, I can see now why other distro's
>want nothing to do with SGI. These configurations are
>insane!
>
>mp
>
> --- "Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@ldsys.net> wrote:
>
>
>> There you go again, mixing things up! :) IP32
>>doesn't mean a whole
>>lot, because it can be either R5000 (works),
>>RM[57]xxx (works enough),
>>or R10000 (doesn't work). Then you can have IP27
>>with R10000 (works),
>>or IP28 with R10000 (doesn't work). As Kumba said,
>>ignore the numbers,
>>pay attention only to this detail: processors that
>>use speculative
>>execution don't work on non-cache coherent
>>architectures.
>>
>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Oops!
>>>
>>>Didn't mean to start a flame war but from what I
>>>
>>>
>>am
>>
>>
>>>reading is that, as you wrote Kumba, it all
>>>
>>>
>>depends on
>>
>>
>>>what model of SGI's you have. Unfortunately my
>>>
>>>
>>Indigo
>>
>>
>>>2 Impact and my soon to arrive 02 will not run
>>>since they are IP28 and IP32. Which is fine since
>>>
>>>
>>I
>>
>>
>>>prefer to have Irix on those boxes anyhow.
>>>
>>>I belive that most SGI users would like to have a
>>>clean install (or close to it) for gentoo without
>>>
>>>
>>too
>>
>>
>>>many headaches, like me.
>>>Now if I can only find time to get Gentoo running
>>>
>>>
>>on
>>
>>
>>>my Indy's
>>>
>>>I am at least grateful that there is a distro out
>>>there that takes care of us SGI guys.
>>>
>>>mp
>>>--- Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Well, I don't think you will have much luck
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>installing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Gentoo on your Octane.
>>>>>
>>>>>After reading various docs, ot looks like the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>only
>>
>>
>>>>>stable Gentoo available for SGI's works with
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>R4xxx
>>
>>
>>>>or
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>R5000 CPU's. Likely your Octane has an R10000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>which is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>still an experimental release under Gentoo.
>>>>>
>>>>>You need to look for an Indy, Indigo, or 02.
>>>>>
>>>>>I currently own 3 Indy's and 1 Indigo 2. They all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>run
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>on Irix but I will switch one to Gentoo soon.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think you can buy the IRIX CD's on ebay for
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>cheap.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Does your octane have a CD-ROM?
>>>>>
>>>>>mp
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Ahem...
>>>>
>>>># uname -a
>>>>Linux dol-guldur 2.6.12-rc1-mipscvs-20050320 #3
>>>>
>>>>
>>SMP
>>
>>
>>>>Sun Mar 20 20:49:15 EST
>>>>2005 mips64 R12000 V2.3 FPU V0.0 SGI Octane
>>>>GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>>R10K problems exist _only_ on non-coherent cache
>>>>systems. This currently
>>>>includes IP28 (Indigo2 Impact) and IP32 (O2). All
>>>>other R10K-based systems
>>>>basically include IP27 (Origin) and IP30 (Octane),
>>>>and do not suffer from the
>>>>speculative execution "feature" of the R10K
>>>>processor. R12K and friends are
>>>>simply children of the R10K family tree.
>>>>
>>>>Thus, Octane works, and works quite well. I'm
>>>>currently testing 2.6.11
>>>>headers against a 2.6.12-rc1 kernel with
>>>>experimental SMP support (Thanks to
>>>>the work done by Stan). This will all appear in
>>>>Portage shortly.
>>>>
>>>>You are correct in that it is all experimental,
>>>>which means Octane owners are
>>>>kinda forced to run ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~mips" for
>>>>
>>>>
>>now.
>>
>>
>>>>Barring that, things
>>>>usually work quite well.
>>>>
>>>>Check the new MIPS handbook on the main gentoo.org
>>>>site for the mips hardware
>>>>requirements page, which having been redone by
>>>>Redhatter, explains in great
>>>>detail the stable/experimental machines we
>>>>
>>>>
>>support.
>>
>>
>>>>--Kumba
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the
>>>>wheels of the world: small
>>>>hands do them because they must, while the eyes of
>>>>the great are elsewhere."
>>>>--Elrond
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Mike Poullas
>>>656 rue Pierre
>>>Laval, Qc., H7X 3T1
>>>(450) 969-4642
>>>E-mail: mikepoullas@yahoo.com
>>>Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/mikepoullas/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>Mike Poullas
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>Laval, Qc., H7X 3T1
>(450) 969-4642
>E-mail: mikepoullas@yahoo.com
>Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/mikepoullas/
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Wow! Thanks Richard!

--- Richard Morton <master_raven@rogers.com> wrote:
> Well on some level I do agree that the hardware
> architecture should not
> matter for a class of System like all Ocatnes or
> Indys etc.... But on
> the other hand given the performance level
> attainable from SGI systems
> when compaired to a standard clone system is well
> worth the
> inconvenience of sorting these things out. And for
> those who are looking
> at installing Linux due to cost situations (I was
> quoated $900.00 CDN)
> for a full instalable 6.5.26 or .27 not sure now.
> Contact this fellow,
> he has offered me a 18Gb drive with the media
> installed for $150.00 USD
> and I'm thinking I'll go for that deal. Also take a
> look at this site it
> seems to have some good info as well as a PDF book
> for creating your own
> custom distro. http://www.ca.linuxfromscratch.org
> it's a site totally
> devoted to creating custom distros.
>
> Regards
> Richard
>
> Mike Poullas wrote:
>
> >Well someone needs to make this clear in the docs
> or
> >web site. Either way, I can see now why other
> distro's
> >want nothing to do with SGI. These configurations
> are
> >insane!
> >
> >mp
> >
> > --- "Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@ldsys.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> There you go again, mixing things up! :)
> IP32
> >>doesn't mean a whole
> >>lot, because it can be either R5000 (works),
> >>RM[57]xxx (works enough),
> >>or R10000 (doesn't work). Then you can have IP27
> >>with R10000 (works),
> >>or IP28 with R10000 (doesn't work). As Kumba
> said,
> >>ignore the numbers,
> >>pay attention only to this detail: processors
> that
> >>use speculative
> >>execution don't work on non-cache coherent
> >>architectures.
> >>
> >>Mike Poullas wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Oops!
> >>>
> >>>Didn't mean to start a flame war but from what I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>am
> >>
> >>
> >>>reading is that, as you wrote Kumba, it all
> >>>
> >>>
> >>depends on
> >>
> >>
> >>>what model of SGI's you have. Unfortunately my
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Indigo
> >>
> >>
> >>>2 Impact and my soon to arrive 02 will not run
> >>>since they are IP28 and IP32. Which is fine since
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I
> >>
> >>
> >>>prefer to have Irix on those boxes anyhow.
> >>>
> >>>I belive that most SGI users would like to have a
> >>>clean install (or close to it) for gentoo without
> >>>
> >>>
> >>too
> >>
> >>
> >>>many headaches, like me.
> >>>Now if I can only find time to get Gentoo running
> >>>
> >>>
> >>on
> >>
> >>
> >>>my Indy's
> >>>
> >>>I am at least grateful that there is a distro out
> >>>there that takes care of us SGI guys.
> >>>
> >>>mp
> >>>--- Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Well, I don't think you will have much luck
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>installing
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Gentoo on your Octane.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>After reading various docs, ot looks like the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>only
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>stable Gentoo available for SGI's works with
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>R4xxx
> >>
> >>
> >>>>or
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>R5000 CPU's. Likely your Octane has an R10000
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>which is
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>still an experimental release under Gentoo.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>You need to look for an Indy, Indigo, or 02.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I currently own 3 Indy's and 1 Indigo 2. They
> all
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>run
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>on Irix but I will switch one to Gentoo soon.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I think you can buy the IRIX CD's on ebay for
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>cheap.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Does your octane have a CD-ROM?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>mp
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Ahem...
> >>>>
> >>>># uname -a
> >>>>Linux dol-guldur 2.6.12-rc1-mipscvs-20050320 #3
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>SMP
> >>
> >>
> >>>>Sun Mar 20 20:49:15 EST
> >>>>2005 mips64 R12000 V2.3 FPU V0.0 SGI Octane
> >>>>GNU/Linux
> >>>>
> >>>>R10K problems exist _only_ on non-coherent cache
> >>>>systems. This currently
> >>>>includes IP28 (Indigo2 Impact) and IP32 (O2).
> All
> >>>>other R10K-based systems
> >>>>basically include IP27 (Origin) and IP30
> (Octane),
> >>>>and do not suffer from the
> >>>>speculative execution "feature" of the R10K
> >>>>processor. R12K and friends are
> >>>>simply children of the R10K family tree.
>
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Mike Poullas
656 rue Pierre
Laval, Qc., H7X 3T1
(450) 969-4642
E-mail: mikepoullas@yahoo.com
Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/mikepoullas/

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Sorry guys but here is the address for the guy selling me the drive with
the preinstalled OS and BTW I'm not sure if the price is a special to me
or not so just do an inquiry as oppsed to stating a price ok... we gota
protect our sources.

Regards
Richard

Mike Poullas wrote:

>Wow! Thanks Richard!
>
> --- Richard Morton <master_raven@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Well on some level I do agree that the hardware
>>architecture should not
>>matter for a class of System like all Ocatnes or
>>Indys etc.... But on
>>the other hand given the performance level
>>attainable from SGI systems
>>when compaired to a standard clone system is well
>>worth the
>>inconvenience of sorting these things out. And for
>>those who are looking
>>at installing Linux due to cost situations (I was
>>quoated $900.00 CDN)
>>for a full instalable 6.5.26 or .27 not sure now.
>>Contact this fellow,
>>he has offered me a 18Gb drive with the media
>>installed for $150.00 USD
>>and I'm thinking I'll go for that deal. Also take a
>>look at this site it
>>seems to have some good info as well as a PDF book
>>for creating your own
>>custom distro. http://www.ca.linuxfromscratch.org
>>it's a site totally
>>devoted to creating custom distros.
>>
>>Regards
>>Richard
>>
>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Well someone needs to make this clear in the docs
>>>
>>>
>>or
>>
>>
>>>web site. Either way, I can see now why other
>>>
>>>
>>distro's
>>
>>
>>>want nothing to do with SGI. These configurations
>>>
>>>
>>are
>>
>>
>>>insane!
>>>
>>>mp
>>>
>>>--- "Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@ldsys.net>
>>>
>>>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> There you go again, mixing things up! :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>IP32
>>
>>
>>>>doesn't mean a whole
>>>>lot, because it can be either R5000 (works),
>>>>RM[57]xxx (works enough),
>>>>or R10000 (doesn't work). Then you can have IP27
>>>>with R10000 (works),
>>>>or IP28 with R10000 (doesn't work). As Kumba
>>>>
>>>>
>>said,
>>
>>
>>>>ignore the numbers,
>>>>pay attention only to this detail: processors
>>>>
>>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>>use speculative
>>>>execution don't work on non-cache coherent
>>>>architectures.
>>>>
>>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Oops!
>>>>>
>>>>>Didn't mean to start a flame war but from what I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>am
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>reading is that, as you wrote Kumba, it all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>depends on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>what model of SGI's you have. Unfortunately my
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Indigo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>2 Impact and my soon to arrive 02 will not run
>>>>>since they are IP28 and IP32. Which is fine since
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>prefer to have Irix on those boxes anyhow.
>>>>>
>>>>>I belive that most SGI users would like to have a
>>>>>clean install (or close to it) for gentoo without
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>too
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>many headaches, like me.
>>>>>Now if I can only find time to get Gentoo running
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>my Indy's
>>>>>
>>>>>I am at least grateful that there is a distro out
>>>>>there that takes care of us SGI guys.
>>>>>
>>>>>mp
>>>>>--- Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, I don't think you will have much luck
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>installing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gentoo on your Octane.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>After reading various docs, ot looks like the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>only
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>stable Gentoo available for SGI's works with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>R4xxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>or
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>R5000 CPU's. Likely your Octane has an R10000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>which is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>still an experimental release under Gentoo.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You need to look for an Indy, Indigo, or 02.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I currently own 3 Indy's and 1 Indigo 2. They
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>all
>>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>run
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>on Irix but I will switch one to Gentoo soon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I think you can buy the IRIX CD's on ebay for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>cheap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does your octane have a CD-ROM?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>mp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ahem...
>>>>>>
>>>>>># uname -a
>>>>>>Linux dol-guldur 2.6.12-rc1-mipscvs-20050320 #3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>SMP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Sun Mar 20 20:49:15 EST
>>>>>>2005 mips64 R12000 V2.3 FPU V0.0 SGI Octane
>>>>>>GNU/Linux
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R10K problems exist _only_ on non-coherent cache
>>>>>>systems. This currently
>>>>>>includes IP28 (Indigo2 Impact) and IP32 (O2).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>All
>>
>>
>>>>>>other R10K-based systems
>>>>>>basically include IP27 (Origin) and IP30
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>(Octane),
>>
>>
>>>>>>and do not suffer from the
>>>>>>speculative execution "feature" of the R10K
>>>>>>processor. R12K and friends are
>>>>>>simply children of the R10K family tree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>=== message truncated ===
>
>Mike Poullas
>656 rue Pierre
>Laval, Qc., H7X 3T1
>(450) 969-4642
>E-mail: mikepoullas@yahoo.com
>Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/mikepoullas/
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
>
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>
>
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doug@mashek.com LOL here it is

Mike Poullas wrote:

>Wow! Thanks Richard!
>
> --- Richard Morton <master_raven@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Well on some level I do agree that the hardware
>>architecture should not
>>matter for a class of System like all Ocatnes or
>>Indys etc.... But on
>>the other hand given the performance level
>>attainable from SGI systems
>>when compaired to a standard clone system is well
>>worth the
>>inconvenience of sorting these things out. And for
>>those who are looking
>>at installing Linux due to cost situations (I was
>>quoated $900.00 CDN)
>>for a full instalable 6.5.26 or .27 not sure now.
>>Contact this fellow,
>>he has offered me a 18Gb drive with the media
>>installed for $150.00 USD
>>and I'm thinking I'll go for that deal. Also take a
>>look at this site it
>>seems to have some good info as well as a PDF book
>>for creating your own
>>custom distro. http://www.ca.linuxfromscratch.org
>>it's a site totally
>>devoted to creating custom distros.
>>
>>Regards
>>Richard
>>
>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Well someone needs to make this clear in the docs
>>>
>>>
>>or
>>
>>
>>>web site. Either way, I can see now why other
>>>
>>>
>>distro's
>>
>>
>>>want nothing to do with SGI. These configurations
>>>
>>>
>>are
>>
>>
>>>insane!
>>>
>>>mp
>>>
>>>--- "Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@ldsys.net>
>>>
>>>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> There you go again, mixing things up! :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>IP32
>>
>>
>>>>doesn't mean a whole
>>>>lot, because it can be either R5000 (works),
>>>>RM[57]xxx (works enough),
>>>>or R10000 (doesn't work). Then you can have IP27
>>>>with R10000 (works),
>>>>or IP28 with R10000 (doesn't work). As Kumba
>>>>
>>>>
>>said,
>>
>>
>>>>ignore the numbers,
>>>>pay attention only to this detail: processors
>>>>
>>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>>use speculative
>>>>execution don't work on non-cache coherent
>>>>architectures.
>>>>
>>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Oops!
>>>>>
>>>>>Didn't mean to start a flame war but from what I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>am
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>reading is that, as you wrote Kumba, it all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>depends on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>what model of SGI's you have. Unfortunately my
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Indigo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>2 Impact and my soon to arrive 02 will not run
>>>>>since they are IP28 and IP32. Which is fine since
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>prefer to have Irix on those boxes anyhow.
>>>>>
>>>>>I belive that most SGI users would like to have a
>>>>>clean install (or close to it) for gentoo without
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>too
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>many headaches, like me.
>>>>>Now if I can only find time to get Gentoo running
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>my Indy's
>>>>>
>>>>>I am at least grateful that there is a distro out
>>>>>there that takes care of us SGI guys.
>>>>>
>>>>>mp
>>>>>--- Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike Poullas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, I don't think you will have much luck
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>installing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gentoo on your Octane.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>After reading various docs, ot looks like the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>only
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>stable Gentoo available for SGI's works with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>R4xxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>or
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>R5000 CPU's. Likely your Octane has an R10000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>which is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>still an experimental release under Gentoo.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You need to look for an Indy, Indigo, or 02.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I currently own 3 Indy's and 1 Indigo 2. They
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>all
>>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>run
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>on Irix but I will switch one to Gentoo soon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I think you can buy the IRIX CD's on ebay for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>cheap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does your octane have a CD-ROM?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>mp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ahem...
>>>>>>
>>>>>># uname -a
>>>>>>Linux dol-guldur 2.6.12-rc1-mipscvs-20050320 #3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>SMP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Sun Mar 20 20:49:15 EST
>>>>>>2005 mips64 R12000 V2.3 FPU V0.0 SGI Octane
>>>>>>GNU/Linux
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R10K problems exist _only_ on non-coherent cache
>>>>>>systems. This currently
>>>>>>includes IP28 (Indigo2 Impact) and IP32 (O2).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>All
>>
>>
>>>>>>other R10K-based systems
>>>>>>basically include IP27 (Origin) and IP30
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>(Octane),
>>
>>
>>>>>>and do not suffer from the
>>>>>>speculative execution "feature" of the R10K
>>>>>>processor. R12K and friends are
>>>>>>simply children of the R10K family tree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>=== message truncated ===
>
>Mike Poullas
>656 rue Pierre
>Laval, Qc., H7X 3T1
>(450) 969-4642
>E-mail: mikepoullas@yahoo.com
>Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/mikepoullas/
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