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* Re: [9fans] usb floppy
@ 2001-08-23  9:07 forsyth
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From: forsyth @ 2001-08-23  9:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

>> by the way, if I use rio in such a setting (I know that I'm not
>> supposed to run rio on a cpu server), ^p reboots the machine
>> what's the trick?

>there is really no way to disable that key binding?

try
echo -n ctlpoff >/dev/consctl



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* Re: [9fans] usb floppy
  2001-08-23  2:20 Reynald AFFELDT
@ 2001-08-23  2:41 ` Boyd Roberts
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From: Boyd Roberts @ 2001-08-23  2:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> > If anyone wants to try doing a floppyless install, let me know.
> > It's not quite prime time yet, but it does seem to work (Boyd's
> > laptop being the example). Russ
> 
> i'm candidate! :-)

i lost the magic russ gave me.  my 505 had the odd gravity accident,
then sony smashed the mother board when all they needed to do was
to replace the keyboard, but i did have it booted.  then i hit azerty
hell and i sort of gave up in disgust because of the amount of kernel
hackery i would have to do to type stuff and then be able to back up
what i'd hacked looked prohibitively dangerous.

smashed file-systems -- not my thing.

iirc you just need some plan9.ini magic.

i have a Z600-LEK now, bought after the second gravity accident.

i might put plan 9 back on my 505, but i have other more pressing
issues and from what i've seen of the keyboard driver (if i understand
it right) it will need major surgery to support azerty.  screw that
up and you have the odd problem.

those vaios are cool, but weird.  shame you can't buy 505s anymore.




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* [9fans] usb floppy
@ 2001-08-23  2:20 Reynald AFFELDT
  2001-08-23  2:41 ` Boyd Roberts
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Reynald AFFELDT @ 2001-08-23  2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> If anyone wants to try doing a floppyless install, let me know.
> It's not quite prime time yet, but it does seem to work (Boyd's
> laptop being the example). Russ

i'm candidate! :-)

that's for a japanese vaio: the network and the video card are
supported, but the usb floppy prevents me from installing plan9 :-(

> by the way, if I use rio in such a setting (I know that I'm not
> supposed to run rio on a cpu server), ^p reboots the machine
> what's the trick?

there is really no way to disable that key binding?

	   rei


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