[geeks] Indy running 6.5.22 [R5000 CPU BUG SOLVED]

[Rob Fielding]

Hi,

Indy R5000 v1.0 has a cpu bug, which prevents inst installing 6.5.22. It 
can be fixed detailed in the following summary I wrote up :

http://reality.dsvr.net/irix/depot/R5_indy_6.5.22.txt

Basically you need to set the PROM var _R5000_CVT_WAR to 0 before you 
start the installation. This might be unnecessary with a mini-root 
install, but you cannot do that with the M release.

BTW incase you didn't know, 6.5.22 M is a gift. It's the F release minus 
the CXFS stuff, which now comes on another CD. The M release (available 
with dev AND support account) is freely available, and is 3 CD's worth 
of latest IRIX goodness).

Cheers,


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Rob Fielding
rob at dsvr.net

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