IRIX 6.x System Requirements

• Operating System -- IRIX 6.x.

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  Note -

  TAS does not support the NetBEUI transport protocol for IRIX.

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• Hardware -- An SGI workstation.

• Packages -- The eoe.sw.dlpi and eoe.sw.svr4net packages.

• Input Device -- A CD-ROM drive.

• Disk Space -- Approximately 35 MB of free disk space in the /opt partition. Use the df -f command to verify free space. To make free space available, find a partition with sufficient space and create a symbolic link from the /opt/totalnet directory to a directory on another partition as follows, where partition represents the partition with sufficient space:

  # ln -s /partition /opt/totalnet

• Patches -- The appropriate patches below.

  • For CHALLENGE S running IRIX 6.2, install the recommended patch set from December 1, 1996, or later.

  • For CHALLENGE DM, L, or XL running IRIX 6.2, install the required patch set from December 1, 1996, or later, and Patch 1572 or its successor patch.

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  Note -

  You only need Patch 1572 if you need NetWare and AppleTalk functionality.

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Contact your SGI representative with questions regarding required patch levels.

• DLPI Configuration --- Correct configuration of DLPI, as directed in the section DLPI Configuration.

• backq Definition -- Definition of the backq utility, as directed in the section backq Definition.