[Linux-RISC]

Hi Linux-RISC

First of all…. Fantastic work.

I’ve got a question.
Is there a way to update the installation without hooking up the pi to the internet?
I’ve got mine setup on a separate lan and instead of changing ip’s or setting up a router within my network to nat the traffic… can I sftp into the pi to update scripts and stuff.

Best,
Nichosen

Hi Nichosen, thank you for your questions.

Please, read https://github.com/Linux-RISC/Reanimator...k_setup.md to know all the network configuration possibilities of Reanimator.

About your question:
1) the simplest method is to download the image with a laptop and restore it to the SD
2) if the update only contains updated scripts, you can download http://irix.mersisl.com/Reanimator/Reanimator.tgz and restore it on /home/pi
3) if the update contains internal changes (like 1.2.1 where tftpd-hpa is replaced by tftpd), you must use the method 1
4) To upload stuff you can use sftp, NFS, Samba, ... it's documented on https://github.com/Linux-RISC/Reanimator...g_files.md 

If you have more questions, please ask.

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Reanimator 1.2.1 released: some machines won't boot with tftpd-hpa, so we return to tftpd. Please, download the image again.

[Jan]

You should always install the feature stream because SGI stated in the installation instructions:

"During your first upgrade to an intermediate release, you are asked to choose
either of two release streams, the maintenance stream or the feature stream. The
maintenance stream includes accumulated bug fixes and basic support for
new hardware, if any. The feature stream includes everything in the
maintenance stream, plus any new software features."

I created two new scripts to put into the "i" directory of the Reanimator server to do that:

0a. Filename "6.5.30-fs.txt"
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/disc1/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/disc2/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/disc2/dist/unbundled
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/disc3/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/irix65x/f1/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/irix65x/f2/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/irix65x/devf/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/irix65x/devl/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/irix65x/nfs/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/apps/dist
from irix@rbpi:i/IRIX/6.5.30/capps/dist

0b. Filename "6.5.30-inst_fs.txt"
return
keep *
install standard
keep java2_plugin.sw32.mozilla_freeware
keep inventor_dev.sw.base
keep inventor_dev.sw.lib
install eoe.sw.fonttools
install eoe.sw.uucp
install eoe.sw.xlv
install eoe.sw.spell
install ftn_eoe
install inventor_eoe.sw64
install ifl_eoe.sw64
install dmedia_eoe.sw64
install prereqs
keep incompleteoverlays
rem java_dev*

Then, you can start with the installation from scratch:

1. Start the partitioner from the command monitor run from maintenance menu with:
bootp():IRIX/6.5.30/disc1/stand/fx.ARCS -x
And partition your drive.

2. Start the installer from network:
- Enter System Maintenance menu, press 2 or click on "Install system software"
- Press 1 or click on "From remote directory"
- Enter "rbpi" as server
- Enter "IRIX/6.5.30/disc1/dist"

Eventually enter hostname and network address

Select option "13. admin" --> "11. mkfs". Create the filesystems and you're done!

Select option "15. load filename" --> irix@rbpi:i/6.5.30-fs.txt

Then select "2" for feature stream

Select option "11. done"

Select option "16. source filename" --> irix@rbpi:i/6.5.30-inst_fs.txt

Type "go"

Type "quit" and then "Requickstarting ELF files" starts.

Restart system!


The NFS somehow had to be installed manually via the Software Manager from network:
"irix@192.168.9.100:i/IRIX/irix65x/nfs/dist" for the main files and "irix@192.168.9.100:i/IRIX/6.5.30/disc1/dist" to fulfill the dependencies.

[Linux-RISC]

Well done, Jan ! Expanding Reanimator's features

Thank you, I updated "IRIX install guide" some days ago after reading your post about NFS install.

[Raion]

A couple of the feature streams aren't all they're cracked up to be in my humble opinion. I run .22 on a lot of my stuff rather than .30 for a number of reasons but one of them is portability.

[Nichosen]

Hi again Linux-RISC

Thought of something while I was adding some stuff to my pi installation.
I ran out of disk space on /dev/sda... but I knew I installed Reanimator on a 64gb card.
What would be great is to add a link for how to resize the partition after you have installed the sd card. It's quite easy but there might be users that doesn't know this is possible.

Raion... Is it ok for me to post a link to the tutorial I used even though it's not mine and I havn't checked with the author?


Cheers.

[Linux-RISC]

Thanks for your comment 

I guess you used sudo raspi-config and selected the option "expand rootfs" to expand the root filesystem.

There are a lot of tutorials on the web, if you find a really good website I'll add it to the documentation.