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From: Thomas West west9@worldnet.att.net
Subject: [9fans] can't install plan9 on scsi only machine
Date: Sat,  1 Nov 1997 22:27:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19971101222700.XJGMcsuwV8TRfPsjxs4g9l4J2Vi7_EzkxtLHMmmf330@z> (raw)

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At 01:27 AM 11/2/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Is your SCSI card operating on the
>default port?  If you want to boot from a kernel
>residing on your SCSI disk and your controller is
>not on the default port, you'll need to either boot
>a kernel on a floppy or change b.com.
>
>I think the copy of b.com on plan9.bell-labs.com
>in /plan9/update/boot/pc/b.com accepts an option
>"-scsi0=0xport" to set it to something other
>than the default.
>
>Russ
>
The scsi port and irq are the default values. Please see attached  plan9.in_.
The scsi card works  as a cdrom interface on another, ide, machine using the
same port and irq.

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ether0=type=NE2000 port=0x300 irq=10
mouseport=0
monitor=vga
vgasize=640x480x1
scsi0=type=aha1542 port=0x330
console=cga
bootfile=sd!0!/plan9/9dos
rootdir=/plan9
bootdisk=#w0/sd0disk:32

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             reply	other threads:[~1997-11-01 22:27 UTC|newest]

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1997-11-01 22:27 Thomas [this message]
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1997-11-02  1:27 rsc
1997-11-01 21:11 Thomas

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