I still have Octane2 at work somewhere stored. I need to boot that baby up and smirk for awhile! Maybe even start a Maya session. What was the command in boot time to check the hardware installed? I forgot all of those shenanigans.
Are you thinking of `hinv`? I have never actually had my hands on an SGI box but somehow just remembered this from all the reading I did back when I was lusting after one :)
It is hinv! I was very fortunate to have worked and had nonstop access to SGI boxes from very early age. Most of learning and work I did was on Indigo2 boxes (green and purple ones (MAXIMUM IMPACT!) :)) and later on on Octanes and some on O2s if Octane was having a vacation. One machine that, to this day, I really adored was also the first SGI I had my hands on - Crimson. We didn't spend much time together because new SGI boxes were on their way towards where I was at, but little time we spent together was magical. I was (VERY) young and impressionable! Other machines I had pretty much learned on and later on worked on (graphics) were either Sun boxes or Amigas. I didn't get serious introduction to PCs and Macs (apart from games) until far later on. SGI is where I started. Time to bring that Octane2 to life. Thanks!
