Re: An idiot asks an IRIX upgrade question ...

From: UNIX Museum (unixmuseum_at_verizon.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:50:55 GMT

Pete wrote:
> 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.
The short answer:

1- download the 3-5 tar.gz files from sgi
2- gunzip/untar them in a convenient location
3- read the caveats from sgi (this is very important that you read this
in detail as you'd most likely have to install at least one patch in
order to be successful in step 4)
4- point swmgr to these directories and let it rip

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