From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HEr0I-000586-8a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:54:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l17HsT0t020897; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:54:29 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l17HsSjR020892 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:54:28 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so256862ugc for ; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:54:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=OtMGm6P/0X5F/j7ody4+3TV8kxIPDcpbK4Z6BwpYMvgxnh/A14De+7iNnSNsbgrzg68UYYpUoGzbj1KMcXU3aTOs4HzFIs0ZCZDWc6pO6LsU0wgOUjXDllAGBKvXHNf1v0cu2SAD5qdppwB3N1heY9gApaF4M+EfqOabJI566Dk= Received: by 10.82.179.9 with SMTP id b9mr4108750buf.1170870861597; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:54:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.67.16 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:54:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <855e88d00702070954y6d56cb22j60313ab76e38b214@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:54:15 -0500 From: "Mike Martin" Sender: sydneymartin@gmail.com To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] Question - Kumba LiveCD RC6 In-Reply-To: <855e88d00702020752k59da7db7o4cfa8b6eaa794d08@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45B4C1D5.2040905@gentoo.org> <855e88d00701220612h670dbb1dud376b605d44aebc5@mail.gmail.com> <45B56F9E.2080606@gentoo.org> <855e88d00701230624q2c525093gdc0ed5c2826739cf@mail.gmail.com> <45B6E73B.1050109@gentoo.org> <855e88d00702020706p5e0e7f6ag1a0829909e2741af@mail.gmail.com> <20070202101630.4899fdaa@gs4073.geos.vt.edu> <855e88d00702020752k59da7db7o4cfa8b6eaa794d08@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6c33676f1daa34a7 X-Archives-Salt: 02f0b8ef-eca0-4eb1-9997-319b45fbb14a X-Archives-Hash: 2ae2a439c7fbaa81b591c2a41c4fedfd Success! I have successfully burnt and booted my SGI Octane from Kumba's X-RC6 distribution. The trick was in the burning. I was burning it from SUSE in a DVD burner. For whatever reason, it didn't work. I then tried burning it using cdrecord under Windows XP. I know everything says you can't burn the disk in Windows, but it was the only other machine I had with a burner. It worked. For the record I used this file: http://smithii.com/files/cdrtools-2.01-bootcd.ru-w32.zip downloaded from this site: http://smithii.com/cdrtools with this command: cdrecord -vv -pad speed=12 dev=1,0,0 -tao livecd-mips3-gcc4-X-RC6.img I've used the disk to boot my Octane and my Indy, both into X without any other problems. Thanks everyone for your help! Now I just need to figure out how to install and boot from the hard drive! MikeMartin On 2/2/07, Mike Martin wrote: > That's the easy answer. Unfortunately the Octane (which is the one I > want to get working) resides on a network where netboot is not > allowed. Believe me, I've tried to do this. > > The Indy, happily netboots (on my home network). I tried to boot it > and the Indigo2 from CD to test whether the problem what the Octane, > that CD or the X-RC6 distribution. > > From my understanding the intention of the X-RC6 cd is not to provide > the primary method of installing the OS. It is more of an experiment > to see if what can be done and provide a quick "hey look what Linux > can do" demo environment. I'm looking to use it for exactly that. > > Thanks! > Mike Martin > -- gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list