To Install

IRIX Operating System Installation Methods

The installation instructions for installing/upgrading the IRIX operating system in the IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions CD booklet use either the Inst command line program or the Software Manager program, the graphical version of Inst that uses a graphical user interface (GUI). To obtain more details on either of these programs, see the following:

For more information on using Inst, you have a few options:
- See the online book, IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing (choose Help > Online Books from the Toolchest, or use the Base Documentation CD).
- Use the command line help provided in Inst by entering help help at the Inst prompt.
- See the inst(1M) man page.
For more details on using Software Manager, use the Software Manager (swmgr(1M)) Help menu.

IRIX Operating System Installation Instructions

After you have read through the Before You Install Checklist, return to the relevant installation instructions in the IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions CD booklet that came with your CDs.

PDF file of IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions CD booklet.

If you ever need to return to the IRIX 6.5 release, follow the "Installing an Intermediate Release on IRIX 6.5 or Later" instructions in the IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions CD booklet, but use the selection commands given for switching to the maintenance release. Also, use the core 6.5 CDs in addition to any other relevant CDs for the release to which you are downgrading.