installing plan9 demo on a PC

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[Bill]

"j" == jmk  <jmk@plan9.att.com> writes:

  j> don't see anything obviously wrong with this 

	(why doesn't sd!1 show up as a boot device?). 

  j> to get 'error walking to 9dos' one of the elements in the
  j> path has to show up either as a non-directory or could not be found in the
  j> directory scan (i.e. 'plan9' isn't being found in c:). this is surprising
  j> because the files were obviously put there by plan9 during the first part
  j> of the installation.

  j> check the disc isn't corrupt.

  j> copy the plan9.ini and 9dos files to the root of c: and then try
  j> plan9\b sd!0!9dos

  j> it's a mystery.
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Ok, I will take another look.

    I also thought it was peculiar that sd!1 was not picked up as a
boot device but then I have no idea what criterion is being applied nor
by whom.

    For that matter, I don't have a clear idea of what plan9/B
*exactly* what `B' is trying to do.

    Also, just now I noticed something about my plan9.init that
strikes me as suspicious, namely, the `rootdir' specification.
                                                                 
  j> bedlam:[*root*]/C/plan9 # cat plan9.ini
  j> ----------------------------------------
  j> mouseport=0
  j> monitor=vga
  j> vgasize=640x480x1
  j> scsi0=type=aha1542 port=0x330
  j> console=cga
  j> bootfile=sd!0!/plan9/9dos
  j> rootdir=/plan9 <-----------------------------sd!0!/plan9 ???
  j> -----------------------------------------


    Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.

    Cheers!

     Bill

  j> scsi devices:
  j> -----------------
  j> scsi0 = dos C: drive
  j> scsi1 = dos D: drive
  j> scsi2 = dos E:
  j> scsi3 = dos F:
  j> scsi4 = dos H: (Texel cdrom)

  j> boot devices:
  j> -----------------
  j> fd!1
  j> sd!0
         <---------------------- why not sd!1 ?
  j> sd!2
  j> sd!3

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[jmk]

	>> man b.com. man pages are available at 
	>>	http://plan9.att.com/plan9/mansearch.html.

	>What does this mean "are available"?

	>Available for downloading?

	>Available for on-line browsing (which I have tried and only gets me 
	>"can't access document" messages from lynx)? 

1) the plan9 home page http://plan9.att.com/plan9/ mentions the ftp archive
   which includes the man pages;
2) follow the link on the home page for the distribution and then for installing 
   the distribution. that page has a link to the b.com(8) page.

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[Bill]

On Tue, 15 Aug 1995 jmk@plan9.att.com wrote:

   [apropos my comment that]

> 	    I also thought it was peculiar that sd!1 was not picked up as a
> 	boot device but then I have no idea what criterion is being applied nor
> 	by whom.
> 
> 	    For that matter, I don't have a clear idea of what plan9/B
> 	is trying to do.

    [this:]

> maqn b.com. man pages are available at 
                           http://plan9.att.com/plan9/mansearch.html.

    What does this mean "are available"?

    Available for downloading?

    Available for on-line browsing (which I have tried and only gets me 
"can't access document" messages from lynx)? 

    Thank you.

    Bill
    

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[Bill]

"j" == jmk  <jmk@plan9.att.com> writes:

  >>> man b.com. man pages are available at 
  >>> http://plan9.att.com/plan9/mansearch.html.

  >> What does this mean "are available"?

  j> 1) the plan9 home page http://plan9.att.com/plan9/ mentions the
ftp archive which includes the man pages;

  j> 2) follow the link on the home page for the distribution and then
for installing the distribution. that page has a link to the b.com(8)
page.


    Eureka!

    Amazing!

    Using `lynx' (in reverse order of occurrence):

  4.  -- You selected:  Plan 9's B.COM(8)

  3.  -- You selected:   Installing the Plan 9 Distribution

  2.  -- You selected:   Plan 9 Distribution

  1.  -- You selected:   Plan 9 Index

  0.  -- You selected:  ATT Bell Laboratories Computing Research home
page

      Please allow me to apologize for my outburst.

      Thank you!

      Bill
     
    

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[jmk]

	    I also thought it was peculiar that sd!1 was not picked up as a
	boot device but then I have no idea what criterion is being applied nor
	by whom.

	    For that matter, I don't have a clear idea of what plan9/B
	*exactly* what `B' is trying to do.
man b.com. man pages are available at http://plan9.att.com/plan9/mansearch.html.

	    Also, just now I noticed something about my plan9.init that
	strikes me as suspicious, namely, the `rootdir' specification.
this name is within the boot device so does not require a 'device!ctrlno' prefix.

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[jmk]

don't see anything obviously wrong with this (why doesn't sd!1 show up as a
boot device?). to get 'error walking to 9dos' one of the elements in the
path has to show up either as a non-directory or could not be found in the
directory scan (i.e. 'plan9' isn't being found in c:). this is surprising
because the files were obviously put there by plan9 during the first part
of the installation.

check the disc isn't corrupt.

copy the plan9.ini and 9dos files to the root of c: and then try
	plan9\b sd!0!9dos

it's a mystery.

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   Hello.

   I took a first crack at installing the plan9 demo on my PC
yesterday.
   
   Schematically:

	Boot from Disk 1	OK
	Create c:\plan9, etc	OK
	Create plan9.ini	OK (see below)
	Remove disk 1 & reboot	???

   That is, after I reboot to DOS and give the command

	C:>plan9\B

instead of the next stage of the installation process, I get the error
message

        "error walking to 9dos"


and it asks me where to "boot from" so I gave it sd!0!/plan9/9dos but
I got the same error message back.

   Here is what it says it sees:

scsi devices:
-----------------
scsi0 = dos C: drive
scsi1 = dos D: drive
scsi2 = dos E: <----------- this is where I want to install plan9
scsi3 = dos F:
scsi4 = dos H: (Texel cdrom)

boot devices:
-----------------
fd!1
sd!0
sd!2
sd!3


   Here is a directory listing of C:\plan9:

bedlam:[*root*]/C/plan9 # ls -lt --rev
----------------------------------------------------------------
total 568
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        61280 Aug 11 20:26 b.com*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          208 Aug 11 20:26 notice*
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 adm/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       437704 Aug 11 20:26 9dos*
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 srv/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 386/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 lib/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 mnt/
drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 n/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 rc/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          132 Aug 12 09:19 plan9.ini*
------------------------------------------------------------------

and here is plan9.ini:

bedlam:[*root*]/C/plan9 # cat plan9.ini
----------------------------------------
mouseport=0
monitor=vga
vgasize=640x480x1
scsi0=type=aha1542 port=0x330
console=cga
bootfile=sd!0!/plan9/9dos
rootdir=/plan9
-----------------------------------------

   Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.

   Bill
   

installing plan9 demo on a PC

[Bill]

   Hello.

   I took a first crack at installing the plan9 demo on my PC
yesterday.
   
   Schematically:

	Boot from Disk 1	OK
	Create c:\plan9, etc	OK
	Create plan9.ini	OK (see below)
	Remove disk 1 & reboot	???

   That is, after I reboot to DOS and give the command

	C:>plan9\B

instead of the next stage of the installation process, I get the error
message

        "error walking to 9dos"


and it asks me where to "boot from" so I gave it sd!0!/plan9/9dos but
I got the same error message back.

   Here is what it says it sees:

scsi devices:
-----------------
scsi0 = dos C: drive
scsi1 = dos D: drive
scsi2 = dos E: <----------- this is where I want to install plan9
scsi3 = dos F:
scsi4 = dos H: (Texel cdrom)

boot devices:
-----------------
fd!1
sd!0
sd!2
sd!3


   Here is a directory listing of C:\plan9:

bedlam:[*root*]/C/plan9 # ls -lt --rev
----------------------------------------------------------------
total 568
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        61280 Aug 11 20:26 b.com*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          208 Aug 11 20:26 notice*
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 adm/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       437704 Aug 11 20:26 9dos*
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 srv/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:26 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 386/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 lib/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 mnt/
drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 n/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         2048 Aug 11 20:27 rc/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          132 Aug 12 09:19 plan9.ini*
------------------------------------------------------------------

and here is plan9.ini:

bedlam:[*root*]/C/plan9 # cat plan9.ini
----------------------------------------
mouseport=0
monitor=vga
vgasize=640x480x1
scsi0=type=aha1542 port=0x330
console=cga
bootfile=sd!0!/plan9/9dos
rootdir=/plan9
-----------------------------------------

   Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.

   Bill