An idiot asks an IRIX upgrade question ...

From: Pete (mr_peter_stevenson_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04

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    Date: 30 Aug 2004 13:17:56 -0700

    Hi all,

    I have just performed a clean install of IRIX 6.5.15m onto my
    workstation. Many cd-roms were shuffled in and out of drives, but it
    was all worth it!

    Surfing round the net I see that SGI have released IRIX 6.5.22m and
    it's available for download from their site. Cool!

    Can someone give me (a relative SGI newbie) a heads up on what I would
    have to do upgrade my system?

    I have the gz files downloaded but can't find any understandable
    instruction on performing the upgrade. I've upacked the tar and it
    gives me a whole list of files ... but ... what now?

    Do I have to burn these onto CD-R (with any special options) or do I
    point swmanager to this folder-full-o'-files?

    Any pointers, or guides (concepts etc) gratefully accepted ... I'm
    more than happy to invest some time and do the legwork ... just need a
    wee pointer in the right direction...

    Many thanks in advance,

    P.

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