Re: [UUG/MLUG] SGI Linux

["Michael" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hrm. Well they seem to be in perfect shape. It'd be a shame to let them
auction them off as junk parts.

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:47:29 -0500 (CDT), David Lloyd wrote:

> Wow.  PIs are old boxes.  I think you might be able to get 5.3 to run on
> them, but I wouldn't hold my breath for anything else.
> 
> Dave Lloyd
> 
> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Michael wrote:
> 
> > I believe these are labeled part of the 4-D Series and say Personal Irix
and
> > were from the late 80's or early 90's. Any idea if they are supported by
SGI
> > Linux now or in the future? LOL if only I could afford a 256 processor
> > machine. When I win the lotto I guess. :)
> > 
> > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:23:15 -0500 (CDT), David Lloyd wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ryan Dooley wrote:
> > > 
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> > > > 
> > > > For Linux (for SGI Indy only for now)
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.linux.sgi.com/ (which is probably http://oss.sgi.com/
now).
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Has SGI ported their high power graphical software to SGI Linux
yet? I
> > see
> > > > > they are supposed to be at the show Sunday. Can't wait to talk to
> > them. :)
> > > > 
> > > > There's rumors of performer running on a SGI Visual Workstation
running
> > > > Linux, but I think that got canned.
> > > 
> > > Performer for Linux, I assure you, is alive and well.  Linux on the
> > > 320/540 visual workstation is not supported.  That's what I can tell
ya.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I like IRIX 'cept for the small fact that you usually have to deal
with
> > > > two binary formats at any given time if you're using other third
party
> > > > software for which you don't have source (say Oracle).  Most SGI
> > systems
> > > > now are based on the N32 binary format while Oracle only ships in
o32
> > or
> > > > N64 flavors.  This makes compiling things like DBD/DBI (heck, even
Perl)
> > a
> > > > pain in the rear.  N32/N64 is far better for dealing with XFS than
o32
> > > > is... better stop the rant there :-)
> > > > 
> > > > I still think IRIX runs well on the older R4x00 series of hardware.
> > Sure
> > > > it's a bit slow, but it for the most part the system is rock solid.
I
> > > > hope that Linux benefits from SGIs work on IRIX now that SGI
committed
> > to
> > > > Linux.  I also hope that Linus accepts most if not all of the good
> > stuff
> > > > they package up and contribute.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >                 cheers,
> > > >                   --ryan
> > > > 
> > > > ~Ryan Dooley
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> > > > ~Systems / Network Administrator                       (573)
884-5154
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> > > > ~College of Education
http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~ryan
> > > > ~University of Missouri - Columbia
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> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > IRIX is also the only OS that will scale to 128 or 256 processors with
a
> > > single system image.  No clusters like the SP/2 or anything.  One
> > machine,
> > > 256 procesors.  It pretty much blows all other scalar supercomputers
out
> > > of the water.  
> > > 
> > > For those that are wondering, IRIX will be supported for the next 10
> > years
> > > at least.  It will, conservatively, take Linux 4 years to catch up to
the
> > > scalability that IRIX has for supercomputing.
> > > 
> > > I also think that SGI can make wonderful contributions when it comes
time
> > > to make Linux a 64 bit OS for Intel's IA64 chips.  We've got a lot of
> > > experience with 64 bit OSes.
> > > 
> > > Dave Lloyd
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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