Formatting a system disk

Formatting a system disk - Indy IRIX 6.2

All commands must be typed on the SGI keyboard.

Connect a CDROM to the system with the IRIX system CD disc 1.
Boot the system and enter maintainance mode.
Enter the command monitor.
Type hinv to check the SCSI ID of the CDROM
Type the following where both occurences of 5 should be the SCSI ID of the CDROM.

boot -f dksc(0,5,8)sashARCS dksc(0,5,7)stand/fx.ARCS --x
type <Enter> to the prompts for the device name
type <Enter> to the prompts for the controller
check the ID if the drive is correct (from hinv). If it is <enter>
type r (repartition) <enter>
type ro (rootdrive) <enter>
type <enter> to the prompt regarding data partition type to accept the default (xfs)
type yes <enter> to the prompt to continue
type .. <enter> to quit
type exit <enter> to exit back to the engineering menu

Choose Install System Software from the menu.
Choose Local CDROM option.

If using a new disk you may see a prompt Make a new Filesystem

At the prompt Make a new Filesystem, type yes <enter>
At the prompt Are you Sure? type y <enter>
At the prompt xfs/efs? type xfs <enter>
At the prompt for block size, type 4096 <enter>
type n to ignore the introduction script
type 2 (Ignore startup script) <enter>

otherwise

type n to ignore the introduction script
type 2 (Ignore startup script) <enter>
type 11 (Admin menu) <enter>
type 10 (make a new file system) <enter>
type y to accept option clean disc
type yes to the "make file system" prompt <enter>
type in xfs to make an xfs filesystem <enter>
type 18 (return) <enter>

then

type 1 (from)
type 1 (/CDROM/dist) <enter>
type 2 (ignore startup script) <enter>
type 3 (go) <enter>

when the installation from CD 1 has finished, you will see the inst> prompt

place CD 2 into the CDROM drive
type 1 (from) <enter>
press <enter> to choose default (/CDRM/dist)
type 3 (go) <enter>

when the installation from CD 2 has finished, you will see the inst> prompt

type 12 (quit) <enter>
remove CD 2
type y to restart the system