[theonlyandyt]

Hello lovely Irix people. I was a user if Irix 25+ years ago, working in VFX. I have an o2 which I dug out of the loft. It is to be used in a youtube video showing of some software that I haven't seen any video of. Anyways.... 

I was so close. 
I managed to get irix booting and all the software all working fine. I wanted to change the network settings in order to get some footage on the machine. I changed two things
1. network IP address (to one that would work on my local network)
2. I changed the exportfs file. I commented out a line as it seemed to point to an empty folder
On rebooting to take the new IP I get:

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Unable to execute ==pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/der==sash: no such device
Unable to load boot file: no such device

Unable to boot; press any key to continue
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hinv returns:
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System: IP32
Processor: 300 Mhz R5000, with FPU
Primary I-cache size: 32 kbytes
Primary D-cache size: 32 kbytes
Secondary cache size: 1024 kbytes
Memory size: 256 Mbytes
Graphics: CRM, Rev C
Audio: A3 version 1
SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1)
SCAI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
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printenv returns:
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Autoload=yes
console=g
diskless=0
dbaud=9600
volume=80
sgilogo=y
TimeZone=PST8PDT
netaddr=192.168.86.84
monitor==h
SystemPartition===pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadPartition=n==pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadFilename=me==/unix
OSLoader=der==sash
crt_option=tion==1
ConsoleOut=video()
ConsoleIn=keyboard()
cpufreq=300
eaddr=08:00:69:0a:8a:6e
gfx=alive
videostatus=illegal_env_var
kername=[A[A[A[B
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Is my hard drive dead? Or did I break something.   Thanks in advance 

Andy T

[TruHobbyist]

Some env variables seem to have wrong names/values:

monitor==h
SystemPartition===pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadPartition=n==pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadFilename=me==/unix
OSLoader=der==sash
crt_option=tion==1

Try changing them:

monitor=h
SystemPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadFilename=/unix
OSLoader=sash
crt_option=1

Good luck!

[theonlyandyt]

Hay TruHobbyist, thanks for the reply.   Do you know how do I change these variables? 

[TruHobbyist]

Use setenv to change these variables:

setenv monitor h

You can also enter the command 'help' (without the quotes) at the PROM command monitor for more help on commands.

[theonlyandyt]

Sorry fir the late reply. As Christmas approaches, time just disappears. Thanks for you insight. I have managed to fix the env variables. But unfortunately I still can't boot as I get a different error. 

Autoboot failed
pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/unix no such file or directory

So now....
printenv returns:


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Autoload=yes

console=g

diskless=0

dbaud=9600

volume=80

sgilogo=y

TimeZone=PST8PDT

netaddr=192.168.86.84

monitor=h

SystemPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)

OSLoadPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)

OSLoadFilename=/unix

OSLoader=sash

crt_option=1

ConsoleOut=video()

ConsoleIn=keyboard()

cpufreq=300

eaddr=08:00:69:0a:8a:6e

gfx=alive
videostatus=illegal_env_var
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which I think is all correct but.. I think it's missing a "kername"
any idea what that variable should be set to?

[robespierre]

partition(8) is the volume header: the OS loader sash lives there, but the kernel unix does not. It lives in the root partition (0).

SystemPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
is correct, but OSLoadPartition should be
OSLoadPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)

you can simply run 'ls' from the PROM command line and you will see that /unix is not in partition(8).

You don't need to set kernname, it is automatically set by sash.

[theonlyandyt]

Hooray. Thanks Robespierre, that did the trick. Also thank you TruHobbyist. Now I have my old baby back.

Merry Christmas all