[colin_419]

Hello again everyone! I hate to over-post or clutter up the board, but I figured it was appropriate to start a new thread based on the issue I'm running into. I've successfully installed IRIX, trying several different versions including 5.3, 6.2, and 6.5.22 (which I know I botched, as 6.5.22 required I install additional discs that I did not install). Each install only boots to sash. I was expecting a fresh installation of IRIX to boot to a desktop environment, as I'm interested in having a full environment rather than just a shell. When I execute 'ls' I only see 'ide' and 'sash' listed in the partition. I was wondering if I needed to configure an env var in the PROM after installing IRIX to indicate the partition containing /unix (such as the OSLoad vars, however I'm assuming the IRIX Inst process would set these for me). 

Some additional information that may help provide some insight into my process/setup: 
1) I have an old Seagate HDD that I performed an [a]uto format using fx.ARCS (IRIX 6.5.30 standalone version)
2) Performed an install of IRIX 6.2 after letting fx run for over an hour.
3) The drive is using the XFS filesystem.
4) The machine is an SGI Indy with an R4400, 64MB memory, 24-bit Newport gfx, ~2GB Seagate HDD

I appreciate any help you all can offer. I hate to be a burden if I'm not being thorough with my explanation, or if I'm overlooking/misunderstanding something basic about the nature of what I'm doing. This is still a very fun process, and I'm loving being able to make anything work at all at this point. Happy new year!

Edit:

I am curious if I need to use the 'list' option while installing. When I reach the main menu of the installer, I am only selecting 'go', and not performing any feature selection. I assumed the desktop would be provided by default, but I could be wrong here of course. To better document things as far as miniroot, I selected XFS and 512 byte block sizes.