Re: [9fans] boot problem

[Thomas Marcks v W <tomten@tomten.hopto.org>]

when the boot loader shud start it prints out "MBR..." on the secreen and then 
the system hangs. my plan 9 instalation wont install a boot floppydisk for me 
for some reason (it cant detect a floppy drive i think). Bicous im new at 
plan9 i dont know how the partisions and disk handeling works so i falid to 
manualy create a boot disk.



On Friday 10 June 2005 06:30, David Leimbach wrote:
> On 6/10/05, Thomas Marcks v W <tomten@tomten.hopto.org> wrote:
> > Hi, i am having broblem with booting plan9. after the install i reboot
> > and all i get is MBR... how do i solv this problem?
>
> I'm confused by "all I get is MBR".
>
> Can you elaborate a bit.  What do you see?
>
> I've basically gone the route of using a boot floppy nowadays myself.
> It's a bit easier than blowing away my other bootloader configuration
> for the other OSes I run.
>
> Of course if you are on a dedicated plan 9 box you probably do want to
> avoid the floppy [and possibly even the hard disk if that's possible
> depending on BIOS settings]