You need (as I know) to use irix to prepare the disk.
But read the following links:
http://black.hole.org/indy-boot.html
http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/Install-HOWTO.html
http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/index.php?lang=eng
Søren,
> OK I'm having some problems here.
>
> I recently received an SGI Indy (complete with all hardware except disk)
> and I installed a blank 1-GB scsi disk (no disk errors reported on bootup)
> but without sash I cannot netboot linux.
>
> My question is this: How can I netboot linux (using bootp, tftp, and nfs,
> all confirmed working)? I the kernel and the hardhat kit, but I can't get
> the Indy to load the kernel.
>
> I have no IRIX kits available, nor a CD-writer (although I have
> access to a CD-writer if needed). PLEASE help!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Ian Cooper
> ian@wpi.edu
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