From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:36:45 +0200 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] install/boot disk problems Message-ID: <20000821113645.E290@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <399F5792.B7D91D3F@hackfurby.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <399F5792.B7D91D3F@hackfurby.com>; from deadmonkey@hackfurby.com on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 08:59:52AM +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fdf33a62-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 08:59:52AM +0000, deadmonkey@hackfurby.com wrote: > > Boots off the floppy ok untill reaching: > > kfs...boot:nop... > There's been a recent discussion (not very conclusive) that Plan 9 may not be sufficiently forgiving about the floppy medium. I would suggest trying a different floppy drive, maybe more than one. Not that floppy drives are particularly reliable these days... ++L