From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_----------=_117404253048131" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: ramkromberg@mail.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:55:30 +0200 Message-Id: <20070316105530.0337A86ADD@cal1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Subject: [9fans] Help a poor man out - poor man's installation. Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2660f0e4-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_117404253048131 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello 9fans, I'm trying to install plan9 without the aid of a CD-Drive at all, but the documents on the subject and the 9fans archive were too sketchy for a poor guy like me ;-) This is the specs: Intel Pentium 100, 32mb Ram, MoBo shuttle hot555 Intel 430tx triron, Serial Mouse. PCI Ethernet controller: Realtek 8139 (rev 16). PCI Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra II-3D - using AZT-2316/R Chipset - FCC-ID:I38-MMSN846 SoundCard. IDE Primary Master: Dualboot Freesco Linux ext2 and maybe Plan9 To be ? IDE Secondary Master: Defunct BTC CDROM 24x - only good for music cds :-) exempli gratia:: 1. I can install Windows 98 by fdisk another partition and format to FAT32 through a floppy, sys a: c:, and then use Freesco to mount it and the build in ftp server to copy the installation files to. 2. I can install Damn Small Linux by mounting the ISO through loopback, copying the necessary files including isolinux and setting grub as so: [CODE] # Damn Small Linux Frugal title Frugal DSL on hda1 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 ramdisk_size=3D100000 init=3D/etc/init lang= =3Dus noapm vga=3Dnormal nomce noacpi quiet nopcmcia nodhcp noscsi nofirewire noagp odma initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz boot [/CODE] So what should be done with plan 9 ? I'm thinking of something similar to DSL - I can use freesco to mount it, but to what fs I need to format the target partition ? How to set Grub to work ? - pls be specific, and tell me were to get necessary files if their are any - like I got the minirt24.gz, linux24, and isolinux from the DSL ISO. Maybe a completely new and different method ? a plan9 floppy to do a network install ? I'm open to suggestion... If deemed necessary I can offer an SSH connection to that machine for the more astute 9fun putty user ;-) Thanks !!! Ram Kromberg ramkromberg@mail.com --_----------=_117404253048131 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello 9fans,
I'm trying to install plan9 without the aid of a CD-Drive a= t all, but the documents on the subject and the 9fans archive were too sket= chy for a poor guy like me ;-)
This is the specs:
Intel Pentium 100, = 32mb Ram, MoBo shuttle hot555 Intel 430tx triron, Serial Mouse.
PCI Ethe= rnet controller: Realtek 8139 (rev 16).
PCI Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra I= I-3D - using AZT-2316/R Chipset - FCC-ID:I38-MMSN846 SoundCard.
IDE Prim= ary Master: Dualboot Freesco Linux  ext2 and maybe Plan9 To be ?
ID= E Secondary Master: Defunct BTC CDROM 24x - only good for music cds :-)
=
exempli gratia::
1. I can install Windows 98 by fdisk another partit= ion and format to FAT32 through a floppy, sys a: c:, and then use Freesco t= o mount it and the build in ftp server to copy the installation files to.2. I can install Damn Small Linux by mounting the ISO through loopback, c= opying the necessary files including isolinux and setting grub as so:
[C= ODE]
# Damn Small Linux Frugal
title Frugal DSL on hda1
root (hd0,= 0)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 ramdisk_size=3D100000 init=3D/etc/init = lang=3Dus noapm vga=3Dnormal nomce noacpi quiet nopcmcia nodhcp noscsi nofi= rewire noagp odma
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
boot
[/CODE]
So what should be done with plan 9 ?
I'm thinking of something sim= ilar to DSL - I can use freesco to mount it, but to what fs I need to forma= t the target partition ?
How to set Grub to work ?
- pls be specific= , and tell me were to get necessary files if their are any - like I got the= minirt24.gz, linux24, and isolinux from the DSL ISO.

Maybe a completely new and different method ? a plan9 floppy to d= o a network install ? I'm open to suggestion...

If deemed necessary = I can offer an SSH connection to that machine for the more astute 9fun putt= y user ;-)
Thanks !!!
Ram Kromberg
ramkromberg@mail.com

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