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- IRIX 6.5.24 Installation Tools and Overlays, May 2004 README
- Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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- The IRIX 6.5.24 Overlay CDs contain the miniroot and other components
- necessary for booting the system into the basic installation environment.
- A "Customer Welcome" document includes installing IRIX 6.5 and other
- vital information you should read before you install this release of IRIX.
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- To view the Installing IRIX 6.5 pages:
- 1. Insert the Installation Tools and Overlays CD 1-of-3 May 2004
- into the CD-ROM drive.
- 2. Open a Web browser and enter the following address:
- file:///CDROM/WhatsNew/yourSystem.html
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- NOTE: Literally type yourSystem.html; do not
- type your actual system name.
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- 3. Click the "Installing IRIX 6.5" link.
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- Important
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- Carefully follow the instructions in the CD booklet that came packaged
- with the IRIX 6.5.24 CDs. These instructions include how to insert applicable
- IRIX 6.5 base and overlay CDs as well as network distribution directories.
- This must be done before issuing any "keep" or "install" commands to avoid
- unresolvable conflicts.
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- As a reminder, you may want to check "Caveat and Release Note Updates"
- link at http://support.sgi.com/browse_request/irix_os for any
- late-breaking information.
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- For a listing of the contents of the IRIX 6.5.24 CDs, including the
- applications in the unbundled directory, see the "Installing IRIX 6.5"
- section of the Customer Welcome document.
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- The following SGI Legacy MIPS systems are supported in IRIX 6.5.22 and below.
- IRIX 6.5.24 and above does not support installation on these systems.
- o Challenge & Power Challenge, Indigo & Indigo2 & Power Indigo2
- o Indy, Onyx1 and Power Onyx
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