Re: [9fans] bootable cd images

["sdrthomas" <sdrthomas@optusnet.com.au>]

I downloaded the latest distribution from the web site and still picked up
the plan9.iso.bz2 image from May 2

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: [9fans] bootable cd images


> the current plan 9 cd image (installed
> an hour or two ago) is bootable.  a menu
> asks whether you want to boot the equivalent
> of the install floppy or simply to boot plan 9
> using the cd as the root file system.
>
> booting entirely off cd works just fine.
>
> i haven't tried doing an install from it,
> but it's the same kernel that the install
> disk uses, so i expect it to work (famous
> last words).
>
> thanks to forsyth and jmk for figuring out
> the hard parts.
>
> russ
>