[Cialug] SGI O2 Woes

Aaron Porter cialug@cialug.org
Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:04:24 -0700


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:29:11 -0500, Jonathan Bailey <jcbailey@code0.net> wrote:
> Just can't seem to get it to work. No Linux distro really supports the R5k
> processors. Gentoo has the best support, and that isn't much. All I could
> find is a copy of OpenBSD that would work. Anyone know where to get the IRIX
> 6.5 install set for this machine? (besides eBay)

A quick google search for "used sgi" or "refurbished sgi" will turn up
a ton of places that could probably sell you a media kit. That's
probably not legal. You could always just call SGI sales and buy a
license:
http://www.sgi.com/sales/sales_us.html