[9fans] latest plan9.iso

[9fans] latest plan9.iso

[Benjamin Huntsman]

Anyone tried to install from a very recent plan9.iso?

I just downloaded the latest one this morning.  I'm trying to install into a VMware ESXi virtual machine.  I installed another just about a week ago, and did not encounter any trouble.  I frequently have to plug in the correct SCSI device for the CD, but this time, I get the following message before the "boot from:" prompt:

cpu0: 2796MHz PentiumIV/Xeon loop 47254
apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=ffff ebx=564f esi=-1
no ethernet interfaces recognized
bus dev type vid  did intl memory
0  17/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001401 128
0  18/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001481 128
Unknown boot device: sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz
Boot devices: fd0
boot from:

I can specify sdC0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz, and it'll load the installer, but it doesn't detect the virtual hard drive.  In the past, the "official" plan9.iso has had no trouble on ESXi.

I'm downloading 9atom as I type this, but just wanted to see if anyone else has had trouble with the latest "official" iso...

Many thanks!

-Ben

Re: [9fans] latest plan9.iso

[Benjamin Huntsman]

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apologies for the noise... please disregard.
Thought I had the lsilogic controller working once before, but guess not.  buslogic it is.


-----Original Message-----
From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net on behalf of Benjamin Huntsman
Sent: Sat 9/4/2010 3:37 PM
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: [9fans]  latest plan9.iso
 
Anyone tried to install from a very recent plan9.iso?

I just downloaded the latest one this morning.  I'm trying to install into a VMware ESXi virtual machine.  I installed another just about a week ago, and did not encounter any trouble.  I frequently have to plug in the correct SCSI device for the CD, but this time, I get the following message before the "boot from:" prompt:

cpu0: 2796MHz PentiumIV/Xeon loop 47254
apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=ffff ebx=564f esi=-1
no ethernet interfaces recognized
bus dev type vid  did intl memory
0  17/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001401 128
0  18/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001481 128
Unknown boot device: sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz
Boot devices: fd0
boot from:

I can specify sdC0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz, and it'll load the installer, but it doesn't detect the virtual hard drive.  In the past, the "official" plan9.iso has had no trouble on ESXi.

I'm downloading 9atom as I type this, but just wanted to see if anyone else has had trouble with the latest "official" iso...

Many thanks!

-Ben



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Re: [9fans] latest plan9.iso

[erik quanstrom]

On Sat Sep  4 19:09:33 EDT 2010, BHuntsman@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote:
> apologies for the noise... please disregard.
> Thought I had the lsilogic controller working once before, but guess not.  buslogic it is.
[...]
> cpu0: 2796MHz PentiumIV/Xeon loop 47254
> apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=ffff ebx=564f esi=-1
> no ethernet interfaces recognized
> bus dev type vid  did intl memory
> 0  17/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001401 128
> 0  18/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001481 128
> Unknown boot device: sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz

yet there appears to be something wrong.  the 1022/2000
(amd 79c970) should be recognized.

- erik

Re: [9fans] latest plan9.iso

[Bruce Ellis]

i came across this the other day - i thought i'd finally found a
machine for which P9 supports nothing.

in fact i beat you - no PCI devices at all.

any help appreciated. it boots any flavour of windows. new HP Pav quadcore.

brucee

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:02 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Sat Sep  4 19:09:33 EDT 2010, BHuntsman@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote:
>> apologies for the noise... please disregard.
>> Thought I had the lsilogic controller working once before, but guess not.  buslogic it is.
> [...]
>> cpu0: 2796MHz PentiumIV/Xeon loop 47254
>> apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=ffff ebx=564f esi=-1
>> no ethernet interfaces recognized
>> bus dev type vid  did intl memory
>> 0  17/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001401 128
>> 0  18/0 02 00 00 1022 2000  11  0:00001481 128
>> Unknown boot device: sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz
>
> yet there appears to be something wrong.  the 1022/2000
> (amd 79c970) should be recognized.
>
> - erik
>
>

Re: [9fans] latest plan9.iso

[erik quanstrom]

On Sat Sep  4 22:56:22 EDT 2010, bruce.ellis@gmail.com wrote:
> i came across this the other day - i thought i'd finally found a
> machine for which P9 supports nothing.
>
> in fact i beat you - no PCI devices at all.
>
> any help appreciated. it boots any flavour of windows. new HP Pav quadcore.

9atom has this change to 9load.  this fixed up a funky
motherboard with ipmi.

pci.c:528,535 - /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/boot/pc/pci.c:514,520
  	 * according to the spec.
  	 */
  	n = inl(PciADDR);
-
- 	if(!(n & 0x7f000003)){
+ 	if(!(n & 0x7FF00000)){
  		outl(PciADDR, 0x80000000);
  		outb(PciADDR+3, 0);
  		if(inl(PciADDR) & 0x80000000){

perhaps this will help.  if not the value of n would
be interesting.

in the same vein, i've got several machines in the lab
that have pci busses >= 64.  this change was all that
was required (and setting *pcimaxbno in the .ini
file for the kernel)

pci.c:37,43 - /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/boot/pc//pci.c:36,42

  static Lock pcicfglock;
  static Lock pcicfginitlock;
  static int pcicfgmode = -1;
- static int pcimaxbno = 255;
+ static int pcimaxbno = 7;
  static int pcimaxdno;
  static Pcidev* pciroot;
  static Pcidev* pcilist;

i'm tempted to set maxbno to 255 in the kernel as well, but
i don't think i understand why it was set to less than 255
in the first place.  if this is just a speedup, i'd be tempted.
anyone with first-hand knowledge?

- erik