Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question
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RE: Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question
Great to hear, also glad my info wasn't wrong...that would have been embarrassing (considering).

Please do stay involved with the group, a word of warning though (if you haven't read the Indigo2 manual -- you should by the way). Don't try to place an HDD in the CDROM bay (if you can ever get the 5.25" sled), documentation says it won't cool well enough (unless you go like flash SSD mod or something). The drive sleds don't support hot swap, don't try it!

Don't run the system more than a few minutes without it's skin (case), it may overheat (there was an article floating around on SGI using thermodynamic super computing modeling to figure out the airflow/drag/cooling when designing the Indigo2...doesn't work without the case.

Teal Indigo2 power supplies are cheap and plentiful, consider picking up a working one on eBay for like $50 for later need. Purple (IMPACT) PSU are MUCH more expensive and more rare, Teals cannot use IMPACT graphics, so their power requirements are much lower, hence the difference in PSU. You can use an IMPACT PSU on a Teal Indigo2, but not the other way around!

Otherwise, you should be set to have fun!
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Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question - by foreman - 08-14-2020, 12:59 AM
RE: Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question - by weblacky - 08-14-2020, 11:02 AM
RE: Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question - by foreman - 08-15-2020, 04:10 AM
RE: Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question - by weblacky - 08-15-2020, 04:19 AM
RE: Indigo2 - swap partition (0) is not a valid swap area + SCSI ID Question - by foreman - 08-21-2020, 02:23 AM

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