Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM
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RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM
Hi all,

I have an absolutely similar problem as described by the topic starter, though my config is a bit different - I am using two drives on the same SCSI2SD device.

These are the steps I did:
- I created two partitions on the SD card, 16 GB for HDD and 1 GB for "CDROM", copied the content of the 'IRIX 6.5.22 Overlay 1 of 3.iso' using dd on a second drive.
- My SCSI2SD has an ID=1, two drives having IDs 1 and 2
- I used the same video https://youtu.be/Jy90tmEayjo as a tutorial, I am able to get the boot menu using "boot -f dksc(1,2,8)sashARCS" and "boot -f dksc(1,2,7)...". Then the copy files progress appears, but after the reboot, I only get the message "Boot file not found on device scsi(1)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/sash"

If I go to the command line and enter "ls dksc(1,1,8)" I just see the empty disk, there is no "sash" folder, it looks like no files were copied.

Maybe should I try another iso image? Another possible issue - I am using the back SCSI port on my Indigo 2, I have no disk sled, so I have no possibility to install a SCSI terminator to the internal port, can it cause the problem? Is it possible to copy files manually via the command line? it may be easier to verify that the copy is correct.

Tnx
DVE
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Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 01-22-2019, 03:12 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by jan-jaap - 01-22-2019, 09:04 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 01-26-2019, 09:23 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by dexter1 - 01-27-2019, 12:23 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 01-29-2019, 12:24 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by MrWeedster - 01-30-2019, 05:53 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by dexter1 - 01-30-2019, 09:13 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 02-05-2019, 04:43 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by MrWeedster - 02-01-2019, 05:35 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by dexter1 - 02-05-2019, 06:49 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 02-07-2019, 05:26 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by jan-jaap - 02-07-2019, 08:53 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Gerry_MAN - 02-07-2019, 02:00 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by dexter1 - 02-07-2019, 08:50 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by thunderbird32 - 02-08-2019, 04:42 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by callahan - 02-09-2019, 02:37 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by gijoe77 - 02-09-2019, 08:45 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Irinikus - 02-09-2019, 10:58 AM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by dexter1 - 02-09-2019, 03:02 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by Irinikus - 02-09-2019, 03:09 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by DVE - 03-20-2022, 01:42 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by robespierre - 03-20-2022, 03:32 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by DVE - 03-20-2022, 06:57 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by robespierre - 03-20-2022, 08:06 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by DVE - 03-20-2022, 08:01 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by DVE - 03-20-2022, 08:41 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by weblacky - 03-20-2022, 11:30 PM
RE: Help!! SGI INDY - Installing IRIX 6.5 on a SCSI2SD drive via CD-ROM - by DVE - 03-22-2022, 01:11 PM

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