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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: How to "downgrade" an R4000 Indigo XS24Z?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <Bxz4tv.68s@well.sf.ca.us>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 04:52:32 GMT
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- In <Bxz4tv.68s@well.sf.ca.us> gaarder@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Gaarder) writes:
- | We have an R4000 Indigo XS24Z, which is a very nice machine, but we
- | need to test our software on other configurations. What I would like to
- | do is remove various pieces of the hardware to reconfigure the beast into
- | XS24, XS, and Entry. Two questions:
- |
- | 1. Do I need to change jumpers or do anything to the hardware other than
- | remove the boards?
-
- I don't think any hardware reconfiguration is required. The GIO bus
- frequency changes, but I *think* we made that automatic.
-
- | 2. Which parts of the software have to be reinstalled when the config is
- | changed? Since this is a temporary change, I would like to have different
- | versions of the necessary files on-line and rename them as needed.
-
- eoe1.sw.unix, eoe2.sw.X11, and if you have it gl_x_dev (and again,
- if you have it, maint_gl_x_dev). Make sure you do 'set neweroverride'
- once inst comes up. That is only necessary when switching between
- entry graphics, and any of the others. XS, XS24Z, and Elan are all
- the same s/w.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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