From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:23:47 +0000 From: Bob Message-ID: <052937b2-57e3-456b-bd55-ba888ce38984@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: Subject: [9fans] Re: Building a Floppy Disk Topicbox-Message-UUID: 17eb7100-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Dec 14, 8:47 am, quans...@quanstro.net (erik quanstrom) wrote: > On Fri Dec 14 04:54:54 EST 2007, rpangra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I have been trying to build a custom boot disk. I have a computer with > > the intel 945g chipset, it seems that if I modify sdata.c it will > > recognize the sata bus. The problem I have is that when it builds the > > root image for the floppy it can't find several programs, i.e touch lc > > and many others. I have looked at the posts in this group, but it > > seems that they are out of date or don't address this issue. What do i > > have to build in order for the floppy to be built correctly. > > > Thanks > > Bob > > if you alter your bios settings to set the sata mode to enhanced/ahci, > plan 9 should boot directly from livecd on your machine. > > something's amiss if touch and lc are missing. they are part of the > distribution. > > nonetheless, i'm not sure that it's possible to build a floppy anymore > 9pcf.gz is awful big. > > - erik It will boot from the livecd , it just won't recognize my sata drive. When i put it in ata mode, or legacy mode or what ever, i have noticed some os's recognize it as a sata, some as an ata. Plan 9 unfortunatly is in the sata relm. I can build 9pcf.gz and put it on a floppy and the new kernel with my changes will boot, and see the sata bus. But the floppy root system is missing those components, therefore it won't get to a working system. Is there a way I can boot the floppy kernel but use the CD's root fs? Bob