From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:20:28 -0700 From: mark_otto@mail.fws.gov mark_otto@mail.fws.gov Subject: [9fans] Plan9 Installation Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7bdc491a-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19980730202028.nEyGtUodSNKpehVNuhnIKE8eOtkNgYZK341XohZj_WE@z> I am trying to install the initial 4 PC disk that I downloaded from plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/pcdist. I have done the first boot from a: but I get the following error when I do the file system installation from c:\plan9\b: hd0: LBA 63463668 sectors, -1045626880 bytes .bad magic 0xb7600 not a plan9 executable Boot devices: hd!0 h!0 boot from: When I type in hd!0, the boot from message returns. When I type h!0 or h!0!/plan9/9dos, I get the ".bad magic 0xb7600 not a plan9 executable" message again. I get the same error message with the basic plan9.ini in the "Read this section if you have trouble installing on the PC" section and with vgasize=1024x768x8 and ata1=irq=15. The following is my basic plan9.ini: mouseport=ps2 monitor=vga vgasize=640x480x1 bootfile=hd!0!/plan9/9dos rootdir=/plan9 bootdisk=#H/hd0disk:63 I know I have an unsupported PC, a Micon PC with a 199MHz Pentium using a Stealth 3D 2000 Pro, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. video card. I also know from the 9fans listserve digest and the /plan9/update directory at bell-labs that there are boddles for the S3 Virge Chipset if I can get the system running on another PC. I am willing to find one of our older 486 PCs with the [E]ISA bus, but I thought since I got this far in the installation that the bus and the video card were not the problem. I want to see if I can use the basic system, connect to the network and our Sun unix boxes, and use our HPIIsi printer before I buy the CD rom and face our head of computer support who rather we only use Windows. Should I give up and try this on supported PC or is there a way around this problem. I am enclosing information on my PC below. Thank you in advance for your help. Mark Otto, Biological Statistician work: 301-497-5872 Population and Habitat Assessment Section fax: 301-497-5871 Office of Migratory Bird Management e-mail: Mark_Otto@FWS.Gov U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Department of the Interior 11500 American Holly Drive Laurel, Maryland 20708-4016 --------------------------------------- Here is the set up I have: Motherboard: Micron CPU: Intel 199mhz Pentium Memory: 32MB Disks: 2GB IDE Hard Drive partitioned into c: and d: drives, 1GB each (d: is empty in order to hold plan9) If this works, I will get a SCSI drive for the fileserver. The primary IDE is IRQ=14 Port=01f0h and the secondary is IRQ=15 Port=01f0h Zip Drive: IOmega Zip 100, ATAPI CDROM: Hitachi CRR-8330 Standard CD-ROM Device Sound Board: Yamaha OPL3-SAx, ATAPI Network: 3c905 Fast EtherLink card, IRQ=10 Port=0180h Mouse: PS2 IRQ=10 Keyboard: MS Natural Keyboard, IRQ=01 Port=0060h Monitor: Micron 700 FGx, Horizotal refresh=30-69KHz and vertical=50-160KHz Video Card: Stealth 3D 2000 Pro, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc, S3 Virge, 4MB video memory, IRQ=09 Port=03B0h