From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:35:26 -0800
From: Kevin McQuiggin mcquiggi@sfu.ca
Subject: [9fans] Newbie Install Question
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Hi Eric:

At 11:36 AM 98/01/09 -0800, you wrote:
>This sounds like Plan9 doesn't like your disk.  There is some
>variety in the implementation of older IDE disks that might
>cause Plan9 to barf.  FreeBSD is pretty tolerant of these
>weirdnesses, but it has had alot of development to make it
>that way robust.

Thanks! It worked!

I replaced the old drive with a newer 200 MB one, and now have Plan9
installed (the 4 floppy subset). 

Now to play around with it. I don't have the CD so my capabilities may be
somewhat limited. It's too bad the CD is so expensive, as an individual I
can't afford to purchase it without some indication of whether it will
actually be of long term use. And I can't find that out without purchasing
it. Hmmm, catch-22. 

Thanks again,

Kevin


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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi@sfu.ca