From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_----------=_1174070708232810" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: ramkromberg@mail.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:45:08 +0200 Message-Id: <20070316184508.5CAC686ADD@cal1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Subject: [9fans] Re: Help a poor man out - poor man's installation. Topicbox-Message-UUID: 26a92012-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_1174070708232810 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >If you have anough disk to generate a FAT partition to temporarly hold >the unzip'ed ISO then put it there - or maybe put a spare hard disk in >box temporarly. > >You should then be able to use the boot/install floppy image which is on the >same page as the ISO at the bell-labs site to start the installer. > >It will offer the devices where it thinks the ISO should live and you can >chose your FAT partition; and you are off... > >Don't worry if it takes a long time it often doesn't use DMA during install >but you can turn that on later. Alsi I would suggest you do a fossil only >install for now unless you want to build a proper fileserver, again you >can convert later. > >-Steve I already tried it like so: hda1 linux swap hda2 bootable fat32 with grub4dos hda3 Freesco Linux I put the plan9.iso on hda2 and booted the floppy and got: Boot device: fd0 boot from: so I entered : boot from: sdC1!plan9.iso What did I do wrong ? --_----------=_1174070708232810 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" >If you have anough disk to generate a FAT partition to temporarly hold<= br>>the unzip'ed ISO then put it there - or maybe put a spare hard disk = in
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>same page as the ISO at t= he bell-labs site to start the installer.
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>chose your F= AT partition; and you are off...
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>Don't worry if it takes a l= ong time it often doesn't use DMA during install
>but you can turn th= at on later. Alsi I would suggest you do a fossil only
>install for n= ow unless you want to build a proper fileserver, again you
>can conve= rt later.
>
>-Steve

I already tried it like so:
hda1 = linux swap
hda2 bootable fat32 with grub4dos
hda3 Freesco Linux
I put the plan9.iso on hda2 and booted the floppy and got:
Boot device= : fd0
boot from:

so I entered :
boot from: sdC1!plan9.iso
<= br>What did I do wrong ?

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