IRIX 6.5.22 overlays downloaded

Knut Roll-Lund · *nix forums beginner Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 8

Hi, I have downloaded the 3 IRIX 6.5.22 "CDs" from SGI (big thank you to
SGI) and I want to upgrade my Indigo2 with them. I downloaded the
..tar.gz files to my pc (not the Indigo2). So I want to get them across
to the Indogo2.

I have tried to connect into the Indigo2 with FTP but have problems
there, whatever I do I can't log on. I should probably be able to fix
that but I have read so many man pages and tried so many things I was
wondering if an other way is better (leave the FTP problem for later,
after the upgrade).

I can create CD's but there aren't any instructions on what is the best
way to do that and the downloaded files weren't ISO's... I think roxio
only knows how to make pc formatted CD's and it seems the normal overlay
CD's are in unix format (I have some older versions). IRIX read pc CD's
so it shouldn't be a problem.

Should I just put the .tar.gz on a CD straight? I then guess that I will
have to unpack it to the Indigo2's harddisk for the install. Is this so?

Or should I unpack it, extract the filestructure and put that on a CD?
Will I then be able to install it directly from the CD?

I also have a linux box (harddisk installed knoppix, debian) would there
be anything it could help with in this?

The CD drive for the Indigo2 is an older 4x drive so it doesn't read
CD-RW so I can't just test this without wasting CD's (I will do that
only if I have to).

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Knut
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