Re: [9fans] No MBR and mice

[forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk]

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If you've got something with a PC/MS switch, try changing the
	aux/mouse 0 and aux/mouse $mouseport
in /bin/termrc to aux/mouse -dC 0 ($mouseport)
and it should work with the switch in one position or the other.
Unfortunately, I can't remember whether the letters mean
PC vs Mouse Systems or PC vs Microsoft, so you'll need to try the switch both ways.
On those mice, only the Mouse Systems protocol supports 3 buttons.
I think that's right but it has been ages since I used a serial mouse
and I'm not at the office so I can't check the setting on the old mouse
I've got in a cupboard.

Dixons was selling 3-button Logitech pilot mice for a tenner recently
with PS/2-serial adapters.


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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] No MBR and mice
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 02:11:06 +0000
Message-ID: <20020127021106.34ebdead.matt@proweb.co.uk>

Hi,

I've been trying to put an already working plan9 HD onto an older PC MB tonight

It's an 8Gb IDE.

On the newer PC when it boots it reports no MBR on the disk but will still boot into plan9 but on the older one it gave me the "no MBR or I/O Error, press almost any key to reboot" message.

Okay well, I wasn't too bothered about the contents of the HD so I re-installed using the old components. Same result. I've got it booting from floppy but I was wondering if it's worth fiddling with the BIOS?

supplemental :

On my travels I've bought a few 3 button serial mouses but the middle button seems to not work yet to add insult I can't use a KB modifier (ctrl isn't it?) to simulate the 3rd button and pressing 1 & 3 simultaneously fails too. Is there any special voodoo to get button 2 working. One of the mice has a PC/MS switchover button but PC mode just send's it haywire.

cheers

M