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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Using a Sun CD on SGI
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- References: <1992Aug29.231911.6341@oracle.pnl.gov>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 02:01:24 GMT
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- In <1992Aug29.231911.6341@oracle.pnl.gov> d3a132@pnl.gov (Carl P Baker) writes:
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- | OK, so I'm 12 kinds of idiot. Was there a thread discussing the use
- | of a Sun cdrom drive to install Irix across a network connection/NFS?
- | Could someone point me in the right direction to resolve this?
-
- Chances are good that if you are using it on an SGI system
- (physically attached to an SGI system, that is!) to remote
- install another SGI, that it will work.
-
- Attached to a Sun is another matter, since the inst CD's are
- in EFS format. A program was posted to this group about
- 3 or 4 months ago that allowed one to extract EFS files from
- the CD (or a disk, for that matter), on a Sun. It works
- sort of like a crude mtools. Look in the archives; if you
- can't find it, I've got a copy. You need an SGI system somewhere
- to borrow header files from, as I recall.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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