octane

gentoo/octane – A modern GNU/Linux system for the SGI Octane Workstation

It took about 6 months of work, and it’s done: gentoo/octane 1.0 has been released. Grab your copy here: gentoo-octane-v1.0-by-rephlex.tar.xz It’s basically a complete tarball of the system. So: attach scsi disk to any machine or netboot the octane using root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=a.b.c.d/path/to/filesystem (if you’re a tough guy) prepare the octanes local disks add tarball set […]

gentoo/octane – A modern GNU/Linux system for the SGI Octane Workstation Read More »

Fix errors when compiling Linux Kernel 4.12 with GCC 8

Error: In file included from arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c:17: ./include/linux/syscalls.h:196:18: Fehler: »sys_mips_mmap« Alias zwischen unverträglichen Funktionstypen »long int(long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, off_t)« {alias »long int(long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long unsigned int, long int)«} und »long int(long int, long int,

Fix errors when compiling Linux Kernel 4.12 with GCC 8 Read More »

Gentoo Linux working on an SGI Octane – with Xorg and Audio!

UPDATE: gentoo/octane is released. CLICK HERE! Gentoo Linux on an SGI Octane R12000 with working hardware accelerated graphics driver, audio, and even Software RAID 😉 I should be the only person on the planet running this system right now. If you want a copy of the system or would like to know how it’s done,

Gentoo Linux working on an SGI Octane – with Xorg and Audio! Read More »

Nach oben scrollen