Appendix E. Installing HD I/O Software on a New Disk

Use inst to install the HD I/O software. For more detailed information on booting the miniroot from a remote CD-ROM, see the IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing manual (007-1364-xxx).

To perform the software installation, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure a CD-ROM drive is attached to your system (or is available on the network).

  2. If necessary, upgrade your system software to IRIX 6.5.4 or later, from the CD set included with the HD I/O software.

  3. Install the HD I/O software.

  4. Reboot the system.

  5. Enter hinv at the IRIX level to determine whether your system recognizes all installed boards. A typical output might appear as follows:

    # hinv
    2 180 MHZ IP27 Processors
    CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.6
    FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
    Main memory size: 256 Mbytes
    Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
    Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
    Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
    Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B, single ended
      Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
    Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B, single ended
    IOC3 serial port: tty1
    IOC3 serial port: tty2
    Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 1, slot io1, pci 2
    Origin BASEIO board, module 1 slot 1: Revision 3
    XT-HDIO Video: controller 2, unit 0, version 0x0
    IOC3 external interrupts: 1
    

You can use hinv -m to obtain the board serial number, revision level, and other statistics. A typical output might appear as follows:

# hinv -m
        MODULEID Board: barcode K0002031   part              rev   
       8P12-MPLN Board: barcode CEM652     part 013-1547-003 rev  A
            IP27 Board: barcode DAW914     part 030-1266-001 rev  C
          BASEIO Board: barcode DCH915     part 030-1124-002 rev  A
           HDTV1 Board: barcode DPX101     part 030-1282-001 rev  A
    HDTV_GENLOCK Board: barcode DPD453     part 030-1382-003 rev  A
2 180 MHZ IP27 Processors
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.6
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 256 Mbytes
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B, single ended
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B, single ended
IOC3 serial port: tty1
IOC3 serial port: tty2
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 1, slot io1, pci 2
Origin BASEIO board, module 1 slot 1: Revision 3
XT-HDIO Video: controller 2, unit 0, version 0x0
IOC3 external interrupts: 1