Irix Tipps and Tricks

Just for me, but perhaps for somebody else.
If you find this useful, use it, but without waranty.

This page is just because I have to “learn” to manage an Irix box.

Install Software:
use inst
oder tardist, if you have a tardist file.

Freeware Software.
You can find a lot of freeware software for IRIX here.

The first thing I installed was the BASH. Because I want to use my Tab Key :)

Usefull Commands:

/sbin/hinv this shows the Hardware information, memory, CPUs and so on
/usr/sbin/versions to list the verions and patches installed on the system