I will give a try later to have my SGI O2 R10000 175MHz running Linux and will report found problems and possible solutions. For not repeating here what has already been done: Has anyone ever tried the same before and what are the problems to encounter? I will most likely boot from a bootp linux server. Is there a chance that I get a console on my O2 or do I only have a serial connection. Thanks for any nice introductory remarks! Cheers, Reto -- Reto Stöckli Bldg: Uni Irchel Room: 25 J53 Climate Research ETH Phone: +41 (0)1 635 5209 Winterthurerstrasse 190 Fax: +41 (0)1 362 5197 8057 Zürich Email: stockli@geo.umnw.ethz.ch Switzerland Web: http://www.geo.umnw.ethz.ch