Creating irix installation disks on windows

[Toxiccameron]

I have done tons of searching and tried many different methods, but I can't seem to great a working install disk for my indigo 2. What do I need to do? I can dual boot to a Linux os if needed but nothing has worked. The only message I get from the indigo is about the media not being loaded even though it is In the drive.

[jan-jaap]

Let's say you start with a good, bootable disc image like IRIX 6.5 Installation Tools June 1998.

The trick to burn such an image on a Windows PC with e.g. Nero is to rename the downloaded file from *.img to *.iso. This make Nero treat it as a disc image and burn it 1:1.

The downloaded file in NOT an ISO but that's irrelevant. It only means your Windows PC cannot make any sense of what you burn. Last, but this probably doesn't apply to an Indigo2: some of the oldest CDROM drives predate burnable CDs and have trouble handling them.

[Toxiccameron]

Let's say you start with a good, bootable disc image like IRIX 6.5 Installation Tools June 1998.

The trick to burn such an image on a Windows PC with e.g. Nero is to rename the downloaded file from *.img to *.iso. This make Nero treat it as a disc image and burn it 1:1.

The downloaded file in NOT an ISO but that's irrelevant. It only means your Windows PC cannot make any sense of what you burn. Last, but this probably doesn't apply to an Indigo2: some of the oldest CDROM drives predate burnable CDs and have trouble handling them.

So since I don't have a full version of Nero I tried burning using isorecorder and it burnt fine, but it is still not recognized in the same way that it was in other tests. I have a Toshiba xm-5401b CD Rom if it helps. Is Nero required to burn things correctly?

[uunix]

I know this may not help your original issue, but I turned my back on CD installs a few years ago and setup network install repositories on most of my SGI machines. If you do it right, create a directory with all the relevant files in a single dist, then installs take 20 mins or so.

As for burning disks, I only ever managed this on a mac using MacX DVD Ripper. Interestingly a few years back I searched this forum for how to do it and found a post I had made many years earlier with the required settings.

But no Windows I'm afraid.

[Toxiccameron]

I know this may not help your original issue, but I turned my back on CD installs a few years ago and setup network install repositories on most of my SGI machines. If you do it right, create a directory with all the relevant files in a single dist, then installs take 20 mins or so.

As for burning disks, I only ever managed this on a mac using MacX DVD Ripper. Interestingly a few years back I searched this forum for how to do it and found a post I had made many years earlier with the required settings.

But no Windows I'm afraid.

So im trying to use a network install, but i cant get irix files I need for the install because i cant unpakage the irix .img files. Does anyone have a link to an unpakaged version or instructions on how to do it?

[Raion-Fox]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

[Toxiccameron]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

[jan-jaap]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

Debian 'stable' here:

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# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# ls -l 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525074432 Nov 15  1994 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs

# mount -o loop,ro -t efs 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs /cdimage

# ls -l /cdimage
total 15
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  418 Nov 15  1994 CDgrelnotes
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 3658 Nov 15  1994 CDrelnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Nov 15  1994 dist
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 firmware
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 1536 Nov 15  1994 help
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 insight
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 2365 Nov 15  1994 RELEASE.info
drwxrwxrwx 45 root root 1024 Nov 15  1994 relnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 stand

# umount /cdimage


For historical reasons I chose to name my disk images *.efs. The ones from archive.org are *.img. All irrelevant as long as it's a straight 'dd' stye copy of the entire disc.

[Toxiccameron]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

Debian 'stable' here:

Code: Select all

# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# ls -l 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525074432 Nov 15  1994 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs

# mount -o loop,ro -t efs 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs /cdimage

# ls -l /cdimage
total 15
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  418 Nov 15  1994 CDgrelnotes
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 3658 Nov 15  1994 CDrelnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Nov 15  1994 dist
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 firmware
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 1536 Nov 15  1994 help
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 insight
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 2365 Nov 15  1994 RELEASE.info
drwxrwxrwx 45 root root 1024 Nov 15  1994 relnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 stand

# umount /cdimage


For historical reasons I chose to name my disk images *.efs. The ones from archive.org are *.img. All irrelevant as long as it's a straight 'dd' stye copy of the entire disc.

Well using Linux I did get a disk to burn but it still isn't being read correctly by the indigo 2. I cant use DINA because the Ethernet on the motherboard is dead. I can mount the images on Linux with these instructions, but when I burn i, even on a fresh disk, It doesn't work. Is there a known working tool for burning irix images?

[uunix]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

Debian 'stable' here:

Code: Select all

# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# ls -l 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525074432 Nov 15  1994 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs

# mount -o loop,ro -t efs 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs /cdimage

# ls -l /cdimage
total 15
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  418 Nov 15  1994 CDgrelnotes
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 3658 Nov 15  1994 CDrelnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Nov 15  1994 dist
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 firmware
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 1536 Nov 15  1994 help
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 insight
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 2365 Nov 15  1994 RELEASE.info
drwxrwxrwx 45 root root 1024 Nov 15  1994 relnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 stand

# umount /cdimage


For historical reasons I chose to name my disk images *.efs. The ones from archive.org are *.img. All irrelevant as long as it's a straight 'dd' stye copy of the entire disc.

Well using Linux I did get a disk to burn but it still isn't being read correctly by the indigo 2. I cant use DINA because the Ethernet on the motherboard is dead. I can mount the images on Linux with these instructions, but when I burn i, even on a fresh disk, It doesn't work. Is there a known working tool for burning irix images?

OK, depending on the country you are in, (I'm in the UK) Send me a disk and I will do an install on one of my o2's? Or Someone in the US may pick up on this idea?

[Toxiccameron]

If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

Debian 'stable' here:

Code: Select all

# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# ls -l 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525074432 Nov 15  1994 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs

# mount -o loop,ro -t efs 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs /cdimage

# ls -l /cdimage
total 15
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  418 Nov 15  1994 CDgrelnotes
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 3658 Nov 15  1994 CDrelnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Nov 15  1994 dist
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 firmware
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 1536 Nov 15  1994 help
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 insight
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 2365 Nov 15  1994 RELEASE.info
drwxrwxrwx 45 root root 1024 Nov 15  1994 relnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 stand

# umount /cdimage


For historical reasons I chose to name my disk images *.efs. The ones from archive.org are *.img. All irrelevant as long as it's a straight 'dd' stye copy of the entire disc.

Well using Linux I did get a disk to burn but it still isn't being read correctly by the indigo 2. I cant use DINA because the Ethernet on the motherboard is dead. I can mount the images on Linux with these instructions, but when I burn i, even on a fresh disk, It doesn't work. Is there a known working tool for burning irix images?

OK, depending on the country you are in, (I'm in the UK) Send me a disk and I will do an install on one of my o2's? Or Someone in the US may pick up on this idea?

I live in the US atm. I do know that I have a couple of Macs around for burning things and apparently those are the only ones you know work for creating sgi disks. What software and settings did you use?

[uunix]

I'm not going to mention my strange spellings in this post from 2011.

http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16724941&start=15#p7337716