[sunray]

Hi

I have a nice Indigo2 and a Origin200 with 2 R10000 which runs 6.5.22 from what I know, its not been installed by me but now I plan to do a new install.

What is the prefered version to install, is that 6.5.22 or 6.5.30?

Having a alot of Sun boxes online aswell a NFS server, is tftpboot from the Sun a simple way or what is the best no CD install?

[Raion]

.22 is the highest the Indy can support. The Origin 200 can support up to .30 - there's no real reason to go .30 on an Origin though. It's up to you!

[sunray]

.22 is the highest the Indy can support. The Origin 200 can support up to .30 - there's no real reason to go .30 on an Origin though. It's up to you!

Okey, so there is no SW updates that is relevant in a upgrade top .30, was .30 then only to support new machines or?

And also, for all SW on IRIXNET, what is the best supported OS?

[Raion]

.22 and .30 should have close to identical support. nekoware requires .22, and most other FOSS efforts seem to recommend that as a bare minimum.

Yeah, .30 is mostly relevant for the newer machines with graphics, those with USB and firewire buses, etc.

[sunray]

.22 and .30 should have close to identical support. nekoware  requires .22, and most other FOSS efforts seem to recommend that as a bare minimum.

Yeah, .30 is mostly relevant for the newer machines with graphics, those with USB and firewire buses, etc.

Okej, so what about way to install, tftpboot or what?

[dexter1]

There are several options:

- Turning a Unix/Linux machine into an installation server, see http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/ir...linux.html
- Use booterizer, an Ansible/Vagrant VM to be used as an IRIX install server, see https://github.com/unxmaal/booterizer
- Use irixboot, a Vagrant VM similar to booterizer, see https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/irixboot
- Use DINA, A VMPlayer image, see https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Using_DINA_...on_of_IRIX
- USe irix-install, a minimalistic Docker image i created, see https://hub.docker.com/r/dexter1/irix-install/