Michael Dosser wrote: > Hi, > > * On 2006-04-21 00:10 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Is it possible to install testing on it or does this make no sense at > > > all? Are there images available? > > > > The current beta2 of debian-installer is still based on 2.4.27, and has > > no O2 support. The plan is to upgrade the installer once the kernel > > proves for a while to hold up, this may uncover some snags for the > > 2.4 -> 2.6 transition. > > Currently ypu best option is to install from Martin's image and then > > upgrade to testing. > > Great. I found out, that I was completely wrong. I have ``etch'' in my > sources.list which of course *is* testing. Sorry about that. > > > > - Login via ssh takes quite a long time: after displaying the motd it > > > takes about six seconds to give you a shell prompt. Why does it take > > > so long? Is this ``normal'' on the O2? > > > > It is only a 180 MHz R5000, in terms of CPU power your I2 might be > > faster. > > The I2 is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought, that the slowest R5K outperforms > the fastest R4K (in terms of an SGI Indy: the fastest CPU for the Indy > is the R5K, isn't that true?).
In terms of SGI marketing it did, I guess. :-) But the superscalarity of the R5000 doesn't seem to be of much use with the standard ssh crypto algorithm. The R5000-180SC is supposedly the fastest Indy, but there was also a R4000-250 version. I guess it depends on the programs you run. > > > - I have tested the memory with memtester and it seems to be ok. Then I > > > wanted to apt-get the kernel sources for the running kernel > > > (2.6.16-1-r5k-ip32) and did not find them ... I tried this because I > > > wanted to stress test the machine. How do I check out the Debian > > > kernel source? > > > > Add in /etc/apt/sources.list a deb-src line similiar to the already > > existing deb line. See also: man sources.list. > > I have had: > deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian/ etch main > > already in my sources.list. I checked the kernel out by issuing: > # apt-get source linux-image-2.6.16-1-r5k-ip32 > > I used the .config from /boot/config-2.6.16-1-r5k-ip32 and it complains > this: > > Makefile:449: /usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.15/arch/mips64/Makefile: No such > file or directory > > What did I do wrong? Use the package build infrastructure instead, like calling linux32 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot 2>&1 | tee ../makelog in the directory apt-get source created. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
