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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:36:17 -0700
From: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Cc: lucio@proxima.alt.za
Subject: Re: [9fans] IDE socketed FLASH memory
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> I can read and write the entire image using dd(1), irrespective of
>> geometry and I have used disksim to build an image using the second
>> geometry, but installing this on the flash has not made it possible to
>> boot a Plan 9 kernel.
>
> the fact that you can dd but can't boot a kernel hints that
> the problem might not be with the ide flash.
>
> could you explain more about what happens when you try
> to boot from this device?

serial console log is always helpful.

ron