From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f5DFGwc08899 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:16:58 -0700 Received: from mail.foobazco.org (snowman.foobazco.org [198.144.194.230]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f5DFGvP08892 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:16:57 -0700 Received: from galt.foobazco.org (galt.foobazco.org [198.144.194.227]) by mail.foobazco.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C183E90; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:13:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by galt.foobazco.org (Postfix, from userid 1014) id 50CAF14059; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:14:35 -0700 From: Keith M Wesolowski To: Bartosch Pixa Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Newbie question... Message-ID: <20010613081435.A722@foobazco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3B2771BE.4030401@infopark.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 03:59:26PM +0200, Bartosch Pixa wrote: > i'm quite new to the mips architecture so sorry if i ask dumb/useless > questions. i just bought a used Octane (IP30 R10K ...) and now i'm > curious if it's possible to get linux on it ;) Not at this time, though a few people have started to look at it. If you have irix headers and an ability to mangle the kernel for the better you should probably coordinate with Ralf and get started. IP30 is not very different from IP27, so the port should not be excessively difficult. -- Keith M Wesolowski http://foobazco.org/~wesolows ------(( Project Foobazco Coordinator and Network Administrator ))------ "Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss put in an honest day's work." -- The fortune file