* Elaine -HFB- Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> You can try option A, just be prepared for much pain. :) Scott Henry
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is a guy inside SGI who, if he still works there, should
> be knowledgeable and Jarkko said he'd be willing to help if you hit a
> snag.
>
> There is always the option, if you aren't in love with IRIX, to install
> NetBSD on it :) http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sgimips/
>
or debian, although it should be noted that support varies from system to
system, and X is limited to IIRC the 8-bit ``newport'' (this is the
bit i'm not sure of) graphics cards in the indy
http://staf.patat.org/indy/
i also heard some mutterings about gentoo for MIPS, although i guess most
people installing it on indy's are in a race against the heat
death of the universe to see if they'll ever actually get to use it[1].
Greg
[1] To get an idea of compile speed,
http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/computing/performance.html
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