From: John Stalker <stalker@Math.Princeton.EDU>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 boot error
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:29:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200312011729.hB1HTVI5020015@fine1008.math.Princeton.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EZayb.26792$Rk5.9160@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>
If you do decide to try what I suggested, please write me first. There
are a few pitfalls.
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing Plan9 on a typical old 486. When it boots I get this.
> PBS...
> ELCR: 0000
> panic: floopyinitdev
>
> I have made a few different boot disks on two different computers so I'm
> ruling out its a bad disk.
>
> I also tested the diskette drive and booted other boot disks and it seems to
> be working fine as well.
>
> I can not find anything on the Plan9 site about this error and the only
> thing I can dig up is this posting in which the author is having the same
> error on a old 486 computer.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=plan9+floppyinitdev&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=U
TF-8&selm=722224617%40snellwilcox.com&rnum=1
>
> I emailed the author of this post to see if he ever got passed it or just
> gave up.
>
> Also I read that debugging info is written to the bootdisk. Perhaps there is
> something I can use to help me get this to boot. I'm not sure if it is
> getting that far in the boot process.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Angelo Castigliola III
>
--
John Stalker
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
(609)258-6469
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-01 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-01 11:06 Angelo Castigliola
2003-12-01 16:28 ` John Stalker
2003-12-01 17:29 ` John Stalker [this message]
2003-12-01 17:19 pat
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