From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Fri,  2 Nov 2001 13:36:28 -0500
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> But the BIOS should understand the USB floppy and from there you can
> boot/install from c: unless this m/c is weirder than a VAIO.

We tried that.  Loading the kernel off the disk never gets
the right bits.  We suspect that maybe the USB is busmastering
and we need to turn it off.  It's all just never-ending hacks
because we don't have real USB support.

Russ