From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <004a01c26c30$f046ff90$995ebd18@jjmj301> From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0047_01C26C0F.672AC280" Subject: [9fans] Booting from RTL8193-based ethernet port Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 01:34:53 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe219036-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C26C0F.672AC280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hi, i am using an RTL8139-based ethernet adapter. I am trying to make a boot = floppy that will load the kernel using ethernet port (using tftp). But I = am not sure what I should specify as the ethernet adapter while creating = the boot floppy through the web interface. I dont see any related = adapter name that I could select. Any clues? thanks dharani ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C26C0F.672AC280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

hi,

i am using an RTL8139-based ethernet = adapter.=20 I am trying to make a boot floppy that will load the kernel using = ethernet=20 port (using tftp). But I am not sure what I should specify as the = ethernet=20 adapter while creating the boot floppy through the web = interface. I=20 dont see any related adapter name that I could = select.=20 Any clues?

thanks

dharani

------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C26C0F.672AC280-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <000901c26c36$09d960b0$995ebd18@jjmj301> From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <004a01c26c30$f046ff90$995ebd18@jjmj301> Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01C26C14.82013C60" Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 02:11:25 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe2902da-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C26C14.82013C60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i think the option is missing in the boot image configuration page. if = so, can someone add it? thanks dharani ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan=20 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu=20 Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 1:34 AM Subject: [9fans] Booting from RTL8193-based ethernet port hi, i am using an RTL8139-based ethernet adapter. I am trying to make a = boot floppy that will load the kernel using ethernet port (using tftp). = But I am not sure what I should specify as the ethernet adapter while = creating the boot floppy through the web interface. I dont see any = related adapter name that I could select. Any clues? thanks dharani ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C26C14.82013C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

i think the option is missing in the = boot image=20 configuration page. if so, can someone add it?

thanks

dharani

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hi,

i am using an RTL8139-based ethernet = adapter.=20 I am trying to make a boot floppy that will load the kernel using = ethernet port (using tftp). But I am not sure what I should = specify as=20 the ethernet adapter while creating the boot floppy through the = web=20 interface. I dont see any related adapter = name that I=20 could select. Any clues?

thanks

dharani

------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C26C14.82013C60-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <900f7b4c4bdd50afa2db0980dabf7728@plan9.bell-labs.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port From: "Russ Cox" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 02:19:49 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe31b2b8-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > i think the option is missing in the boot image configuration page. if so, can someone add it? done. i still don't understand how this is related to tftping kernels. the install disk doesn't do anything like that. russ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <001701c26c3d$32989320$995ebd18@jjmj301> From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <900f7b4c4bdd50afa2db0980dabf7728@plan9.bell-labs.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 02:31:20 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe388e3a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > i think the option is missing in the boot image configuration page. if so, can someone add it? > > done. thanks. > i still don't understand how > this is related to tftping kernels. > the install disk doesn't do anything > like that. actually, i didnt state my problem correctly. i just wanted a boot floppy that recognizes RTL8139 to boot off the network (diskless node setup). i wasnt installing plan9 itself. regards dharani From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <001d01c26c3e$68962e00$995ebd18@jjmj301> From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <900f7b4c4bdd50afa2db0980dabf7728@plan9.bell-labs.com> <001701c26c3d$32989320$995ebd18@jjmj301> Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 03:11:20 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe437d86-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Russ, > > > i think the option is missing in the boot image configuration page. if > so, can someone add it? > > > > done. Are you sure the RTL8139 code is added in the boot image? The option is available in the boot image config page now but it doesnt seem to recognize RTL8139 yet. in fact, earlier it recognized 82557 (the second adapter i have in the m/c). it recognizes neither one now. any problem? or did i make a mistake? thanks dharani From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <78c1c6c91167857040ae1ee92900cb02@plan9.bell-labs.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port From: "Russ Cox" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:28:01 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fe7a14e0-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 There's a recipe for making your own boot disks in format(8) Create a Plan 9 boot floppy on a previously formatted diskette: disk/format -b /386/pbs -df /dev/fd0disk /386/9load /tmp/plan9.ini You don't need to use the web page. Am I sure that the RTL8139 driver is in the boot disk kernel? Let's say 99%. I haven't checked today, but it was there when I did the new CD image and floppy a few weeks ago. Russ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <00be01c26e3a$a8ea2170$4ef0b487@bl.belllabs.com> From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <78c1c6c91167857040ae1ee92900cb02@plan9.bell-labs.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:49:33 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ffc33b6a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > There's a recipe for making your own boot disks in format(8) > > Create a Plan 9 boot floppy on a previously formatted > diskette: > > disk/format -b /386/pbs -df /dev/fd0disk /386/9load /tmp/plan9.ini oh, god. i was thinking of spawning a seperate mail for this. i didnt know it is this simple. thank you. > You don't need to use the web page. > > Am I sure that the RTL8139 driver is in the boot disk kernel? > Let's say 99%. I haven't checked today, but it was there when > I did the new CD image and floppy a few weeks ago. the driver seems to work with the card i tried. but i would like to keep it under watch for sometime before i conclude that it works well due to warnings in the driver code and my observations at an early stage of the installation. thanks for your help. regards dharani