Re: [9fans] New dist install => boota: + LS120

Re: [9fans] New dist install => boota: + LS120

[Russ Cox]

I think you should be able to ed /bin/boota:, fix it,
and then run . /rc/bin/termrc to get going again.

Let me know what boota: should be.

Thanks.
Russ

[9fans] New dist install => boota: + LS120

[steve.simon]

Hi,

Installing the new current dist using an LS120 drive.

All goes well until it tries to mount the floppy disk (in the LS120 drive) and
it fails in boota: - There is a switch statement that decides to use
(excuse flaky memory) sdD0!data!9pcflop.gz when in fact I should use
sdD0!dos!9pcflop.gz.

I can do the mount by hand but don't know how to restart the install process.

I suspose I'am asking:
    How do I restart the boot process - should get me going

    Could we have a change in boota: to test to see if the "data"
        partition exists when booting from "a disk but not a floppy"
        and if not does a "dos" partition exist instead.

I cannot do this myself as I cannot install so I cannot build an install disk
so...

Thanks for any/all help,

-Steve