Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Russ Cox]

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

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan]

> 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

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan]

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

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan]

> > 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

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Russ Cox]

> 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

Re: [9fans] Booting from RTL8139-based ethernet port

[Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan]

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

thanks
dharani
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan 
  To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu 
  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


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