Aide-memoire: upgrading Irix6.5.17m to 6.5.22m

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There have been much discussions on possible issues on upgrading pre Irix 6.5.20 to 6.5.22m [which is available free if you are a support-folio member].

I performed an upgrade, from Irix 6.5.17m straight to Irix 6.5.22m, for my sgi Indy

Configuration
cpu: MIPS R5k
Secondary unified I/D cache: 512 k-byte
I-cache: 32 k-byte
D-cache: 32 k-byte
RAM: 128 M-byte
Hard-disk: 4 G-byte (SCSI II)

Installation was smooth and no problems were encountered, not even conflicts (as long as you solved them, if any, in installing 6.5.17m). Installation of 6.5.17m covers the following:

1. installation and overlay #1 [disk 1]
2. overlay 3 of 4
3. overlay 4 of 4
4. applications
5. foundation 1 of 2
6. foundation 2 of 2
7. development libraries
8. development foundations
9. ONC3-nfs

Step 1:

get patch 5086 from sgi "support-folio" site  -->; www.support.sgi.com
by searching keyword "6.5.22m"

Step 2:

Apply the patch via the "inst" utility after unzip-untar the patch

Step 3:

re-boot computer to ensure that the patch installed in Step 2 is effective

Step 4:

Download the three IRIX6.5.22m-tar.gz files for the upgrade

Step 5:

unzip and untar the tar.gz files in step 4 in a directory

Step 6:

As root, use the "inst" utility to install

Step 7:

Reboot, then you'll have the 6.5.22m installed in you sgi machine.

Good luck and have fun!!

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2. Contents of the patch file: patchSG0005086

Notes:

[a] IRIX 6.5.17m was network installed [boot server is an O2 R12k-400MHz 512M ip 192.168.1.33]. The cache still holds the installed directory as 192.168.1.33:/usr/people/guest/cd17m/nfs/dist.

ip for the indy is 192.168.1.21

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3. inst -->; reading in patchSG0005086

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4. Installation of patchSG0005086 completed -- system ready for reboot to effect the patched system...

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5. Start to upgrade from 6.5.17m to 6.5.22m

[a] xwsh yellow-on-black: shows date and uname -aR = 6.5.17m

xwsh white-on-navy-blue: inst -->; upgrading of 6.5.17m -->; 6.5.22m

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6. Reading in upgraded components completed, about to "go"

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7. "Go-ing" 8%...

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8. Keep "go-ing"... 50% completed...

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9. "go-ing" completed -->; quit inst

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10. "quit" 10% ...