Formatting a system disk - O2 Irix 6.3

All commands must be typed on the SGI keyboard.

Boot the O2 and hit the escape button to Stop for Maintainance.
Or click on the Stop for Maintainance icon.
Enter the Command Monitor
Type in hinv to check the SCSI ID of the internal CDROM
You will need two CDs

• Irix 6.3 for O2 including R10000
• Irix 6.3 Applications

Insert first CD of IRIX 6.3.
Type in the following where both occurences of 4 should be the SCSI ID of the CDROM.

• boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sashARCS dksc(0,4,7)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 xfs <enter> to the prompt for filesystem type)
• 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.

The system will display a bar icon showing Copying Installation Tools to Disk

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>

otherwise you should now see the inst> prompt with a series of numerical options

• type 13 (admin) <enter>
• type 11 (mkfs) <enter>
• At the prompt to clean the disk, type y <enter>
• At the prompt to make a new filesystem, type yes <enter>
• type n to ignore the startup script
• At the prompt for filesystem type, type xfs <enter>
• type n to ignore the startup script
• if asked for block size, type 4096 <enter>
• type 20 (return to inst) <enter>

then

• type 1 (from) <enter>
• type 1 (local CDROM) <enter>
• You will now see a request for the second CD. Insert Irix 6.3 Disk 2 into the drive
• You will now see the first page of a long introduction. Type n <enter> to ignore the rest of this script
• type 1 (/CDROM/dist) <enter>
• type n <enter> to ignore the introduction
• At the prompt, type 2 (done) <enter>
• This should take you back to the inst> prompt
• type 5 (go) <enter>

The new operating system will now be installed. Follow any prompts on the screen for inserting Disk 1 or Disk 2.

Type 14 (quit)<enter>
The system will ask if you want to restart. Choose yes and the system will restart and boot up with IRIX 6.3.

Take the CDs out of the O2 and put them somewhere safe.
Follow the normal installation procedure for Platinum as detailed elsewhere.