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Irix 5.3 install question - bjames - 05-02-2022
Want to install 5.3 on an Indigo R4400 200mhz 1 mb cache, extreme gfx. What files from the ftp do I use? I assume not the 2mb cache and impact, but what about the other files?
Thanks
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - robespierre - 05-02-2022
You want the IRIX 5.3 patches in "5.3xfs_Indigo_Indigo2_Indy_ChallengeS.tardist"
Which ones you choose to install depends on the config
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - gijoe77 - 05-02-2022
you might also want to keep the root partition as EFS and make a bigger XFS partition
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - bjames - 05-03-2022
I assume the root EFS will used for installing applications and the XFS will be for storing data, correct?
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - indigofan - 05-03-2022
I actually got a SD image and the EFS partition is so small that I can not re-configure the kernel to load the drivers for the S-Video board, without having to start an install from scratch, is there anyway to expand the EFS partition?
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - jpstewart - 05-03-2022
(05-03-2022, 07:13 PM)bjames Wrote: I assume the root EFS will used for installing applications and the XFS will be for storing data, correct?
In my experience it's one small partition for the root filesystem and a larger one for /usr, regardless of whether they are EFS or XFS.
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - vishnu - 05-04-2022
Some possibly useful infodata here: https://irix7.com/techpubs/007-2825-001.pdf
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - lunatic - 05-04-2022
One thing to remember is that EFS has a noticeable size limit (4GB I think?), so XFS is preferable. As far as I remember some IRIX 5.3 extra features can't be mixed and matched, so you could have either XFS or Impact, but not both at the same time. 5.3+xfs includes the 2MB cache patches.
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - robespierre - 05-04-2022
The volume size limit for EFS is 8GB.
RE: Irix 5.3 install question - jan-jaap - 05-04-2022
(05-04-2022, 10:00 AM)lunatic Wrote: One thing to remember is that EFS has a noticeable size limit (4GB I think?), so XFS is preferable.
I would consider XFS in IRIX 5.3 a technology demonstration: good idea, but it took until IRIX 6.2 before the bugs were ironed out.
Typical systems from the IRIX 5.3 days didn't have more than 1 .. 4GB of disk space. Also it's possible to e.g. split an 18GB disk into three EFS partitions, for /, /usr/people and /usr/local for example to work around the EFS limitations.