From: Bryson Lee blee@gargamel.ptw.com
Subject: Plan9 Newcomer w/Q's about PC install
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 07:29:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950908112952.WZD6Tnajr1tumuRFR1NmJ8E4EJqO7BA1CPnwqHPvyA8@z> (raw)
Greetings all,
I ran across the ATT Labs Plan9 site the other day, and decided to try
it out. I downloaded the 4-disk mini-system, and have encountered some
difficulties in attempting to install it on the two computers at my disposal.
The first machine I tried is a 386DX 20Mhz machine w/ a 387 and 8 MB
RAM. It has two IDE hard drives and a Diamond ET4000-based VGA card. It
has an empty 20MB partition on the first drive, which I wanted to use for
Plan9. However, when I try to bring up the system, either by booting
from the first distribution disk or by a clean DOS boot followed by a:b,
the system gets to the point where the installation screen is displayed
with the choice to create the c:\plan9 directory or cancel. The machine
hangs, and I can neither move the selection hilight nor select either of
the two options.
The other machine is a 486 DX2-66 with 16MB RAM, an Actix 928-based
VLB video card and a single IDE drive. I split my DOS partition and
moved my Linux root partition to create a 25MB empty partition at the
physical end of the drive. The Plan9 distribution disk 1 booted fine,
and installed the required software in c:\plan9. After starting this
system and selecting the option to install the remaining 3 disks, an
error (number 23, I believe) is returned when the system tries to create
the plan9 partition table, with the message that there is not enough disk
space.
I've browsed through all the sites I've been able to find, looking for
some info on these problems, but gotten no joy. If any of the gurus out
there can offer some insight, or pointers to more information, I'd be
extremely grateful. Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Bryson
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