On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0400, Ian wrote: > > > You simply need to recreate a sgi partition table which is no problem > > with a current fdisk. That's all you need to make linux bootable from > > harddisk. > > Right. But how to I get to that point? There is NO bootloader? I have > no Irix 6.x media available to restore those partitions. > tftp/nfs-root boot ? The prom is enough. > I was planning to use HardHat as a basis to build a custom LFS > (http://www.linuxfromscrtach.org) system from. It would be sufficient. Hardhat is VERY old and you will get really in trouble to get any current software integrated into the distribution. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?