SGI Indy

This will be a collection of information regarding the SGI (Silicon Graphics) Indy workstation.

SCSI2SD

Due to the age of the hardware, likely any original SCSI disks in the Indy computers are either dead or nearing death. There are a few solutions for replacing the internal storage with something more reliable, but we'll focus on the SCSI2SD option here. This information is originally found at http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/SCSI2SD among other places.

1. Purchase a SCSI2SD v5 board and ideally a class 10 microSD card. The SCSI2SD can be ordered from http://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-p/scsi2sd-v5b.htm
2. Download the scsi2sd-util application from http://www.codesrc.com/files/scsi2sd/ and plug the USB port in
3. Under the General Settings tab, enable the options "Enable Parity" and "Enable SCSI2 Mode"
4. Under the Deivce 1 tab, set the ID to something other than 0 (generally you should use 1). Type is hard drive, SD card start sector is 0, sector size is 512. The sector count and other options should have populated themselves and can be left. If the sector count is empty you might need to "load from device" though this will require you to set all the options again. When done, save to device.
5. Remove the onboard termination resistors from the SCSI2SD socket as this is not needed in the Indy.
6. You might need to get creative with mounting the SCSI2SD inside the Indy...

Assuming you don't have any other OS drive in the system, open a console when the Indy boots into its system menu and run a "hinv" to verify the SCSI disk shows up (should be bus 0, ID 1).

Manuals

• 007-9804-060 - Indy™ Workstation Owner’s Guide
• 007-9228-001 - Token Ring for Indy™ Installation Guide
• 007-9225-001 - XZ Graphics Upgrade for IndyTM Installation Guide

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