William Ellis writes:
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> I just got hold of a spare Challenge S Series(R5000) I was
> going to attempt putting SGI/Linux on. I know the porting is
> basicaly geared for the Indy's but I was going to muck with it
> a bunch. Then I just saw this post and was wondering if there
> was any quick, good heads-up for these machines.
> Thanks, Bill
>
> >> I tried to compile the latest sources for an Indigo R4k .. with minimal
> [*snip*]
> > Did you modify the load address of the kernel? Indy kernels are by
> > default linked for address 0x88002000 because the Indy has a 128mb
> > hole in it's address space there. I assumes (wje???) that your box
> > has it's memory mapped from 0x80000000 upwards, so this would only
> > work if you actually have that more than 128mb ...
The Challenge S and Indy are identical, except that the Challenge S
does not have a graphics card.
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