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From: "Dennis D. Jensen" <dendecjen@yahoo.dk>
Subject: Re: [9fans] booting plan9 cd on thinkpad x23
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Date: Mon,  8 Dec 2003 15:46:23 -0800
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--- John Stalker <stalker@Math.Princeton.EDU> wrote:
> Don't get rid of Win2k just yet.  It may be helpful
> in getting plan9 installed.  In particular there is
> a DOS program ld which can load 9load from a FAT
> partition.  You can use this as a replacement for
> the
> boot floppy.  The plan9 installer can read the iso
> image from a FAT partition as well, so you can
> use that as a replacement for the install cd.

I read about ld somewhere, it must have been the
plan9-wiki. I'll go there again.

ld -> 9load -> kernel on iso-image on fatfs ->
install?
Hmmm. That certainly sounds like an option if ld and
9load are up to it!

Thank you,
Dennis Decker Jensen


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