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- From: srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How to build a System-Disk ??
- Message-ID: <srp.714028041@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 05:07:21 GMT
- References: <vC+vr*Qw0@video1.bs.open.de> <olttmec@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
-
- >In <vC+vr*Qw0@video1.bs.open.de> achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe) writes:
- >| Is there anywhere a complete discription, how to build a System-disk
- >| for a 4D/xx or Indigo???
- >|
- >| There are many commands like fs, mkfs and the miniroot in the manuals,
- >| but nowhere a description, how to make a System-Disk with an empty
- >| SCSI-Disk and a CD-Rom or Tape.
-
- >The instructions are quite clear. It is called 'installing software'
- >(well, > 95% of it is). The Installation Guide is quite clear on all
- >of that. That process will make filesystems if required, so you
- >don't need to worry about that much.
-
- >The Installation Guide even contains instructions on how to boot
- >the standalone fx from the various types of installation media,
- >and how to determine which fx to boot (there are several different
- >versions, depending on your hardware type).
-
- >If after reading the Installation Guide, something still isn't clear,
- >please let me know. I spent a lot of time working with the author
- >if the I.G. to make it very straightforward and simple.
-
- Indeed. I just wanted to comment that I felt the Software Installation
- Guide is now really a usable piece of reference material. A much better
- guide than was available during the IRIX 3.* days. I spent some time
- recently repartitioning and rebuilding several of our drives. I appreciate
- the time that was put into this guide.
-
- Thanks.
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