Re: IRIX install question on external disk

From: Marcus Herbert (rhoenie_at_indigo.homeunix.org)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:47:35 +0100

Logan <anonuser@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> on it from the previous owner. I recorded the old printenv settings and
> then resetenv. I am trying to install IRIX 6.5 on a new external hard disk
> from scratch without the existing hard disks in the computer because I
> would like to later go in and see what was on the internals.

You have to point the env variables OSLoadPartition (and the like) to
your external drive (which is on a different bus than the internal one -
the indigo2 has 2 scsi busses). Then it will install without any
problem. I did the same here on an O2 (without internal drive the
machine is much cooler and doesn't spin up its PSU fan - which i also
replaced with a silent one; to make things complete the external drive
is a very silent 5400 rpm IDE drive with a SCSIDE adaptor *8-)). 

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