From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: RE: [9fans] winnt boot method - hand editing boot.ini
From: Richard Miller <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:07:50 +0100
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>  > Perhaps, if someone has figured out how to boot Plan 9 with it, grub
>  > would do the trick.  It boots the NT based OS's just fine with it's
>  ...
>  Configuring means running some non-Plan 9 operating system
>  (usually Linux).  That's not acceptable, mainly because I might
>  not have the operating system du jour on the machine in question.

I understand and agree with Russ's point here; but it's still a useful
option for someone who wants to add Plan 9 to a system which already has
grub.  For example, I bought a T21 with Linux pre-installed as a way of
avoiding the Microsoft Tax.  After setting up a 9fat partition with pbslba,
I just had to add this to the grub menu.lst file:

title = brazil
root = (hd0,5)
chainloader = +1

-- Richard