Hi, Patrick, --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net> wrote: > > An O2 fell into my lap, yesterday. I am clueless > about these. > > But, hoping the hardware would be good for multimedia > work. (?) > > > > What do I need to know to determine if it is worth the > trouble > > to keep? Appears to have 6.5 installed along with > some sort of > > specialized application software (i.e., I believe it > was part > > of a medical instrument). Of course, no root password > so I'll > > have to start over (probably worth doing anyways since >it> > only has a 9G drive in it). > > > > Also, now that SGI "is no more" (?), where > can I find a copy > > of 6.5 (My 6.2 CD set apparently does not support this > model?) > > The 02 is a nice system in many ways. There are relatively > trivial ways to hack/reset the root password IIRC. If I had bootable media, I guess it would be no problem! :> Perhaps I'll pull the drive and see if I can mount it on any of my other machines... > The O2 can take 2 drives, isn't that right? So you > could put a larger SCA drive in the second drive bay. No. There is only one drive bay ("module"?) in this machine. Room for a PCI card but not much else. :< I was planning on replacing the 9G with a 36G *if* the case can handle it (thermally) > Not sure about getting media however.