The ProPack should work on anything that redhat 6.1 does. We try very
hard not to break anything. In fact, I run it at home on my K6-2 noname
box. At SGI, we have Compaq's, Dell's, HP's, and VA-linux boxen that we
run our propack on. But probably most of the features that are in the SGI
kernel are not "home use" features. They really enable enterprise
applications.
Of course feel free to try it out and send in feedback/bugs.
later,
-tduffy
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> Hello! I have been reading the documentation on the SGI Open Source
> website dealing with the SGI ProPack 1.2 for Linux. As a systems
> administrator for Sprint Long Distance, I have the opportunity to run
> several Origin 2000 servers in support of Sprint's billing stream. I
> enjoy using IRIX and I like what SGI is doing for the Linux community.
> I'd like to enjoy some of SGI's contributions at home.
>
> Unfortunately, having a bona-fide SGI Linux machine at home is not an
> option for me at this time. I am currently running a dual Celeron system
> with Red Hat Linux 6.1. Since owning an SGI Linux system isn't on the
> immediate horizion, I have the following questions:
>
> * Can the SGI Linux ProPack 1.2 be installed on Red Hat Linux 6.1 running
> on non-SGI hardware?
>
> * If the ProPack cannot be completely installed, what parts of the ProPack
> -can- be installed?
>
> * If I recall correctly, a complete install of the SGI Linux Environment
> 1.1 on non-SGI hardware would render the system unbootable as the kernel
> was specific to the 1400L server. Does the same caveat apply to the
> SGI supplied kernel in the Linux ProPack 1.2?
>
> * If the ProPack cannot be completely installed, will the ProPack
> installer recogize that it is not running on SGI hardware and act
> accordingly, installing as much of the software as possible?
>
> Basically, I would like as much of the ProPack as possible installed on my
> system, but I don't want to render the system unusable. Any advice you
> might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
>
> --
> Chris
>
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