Re: [9fans] Floppy Image

Re: [9fans] Floppy Image

[Ben Knuth]

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1997 was a typo. It's from like 94 or earlier. It's an IBM thinkpad
790??.

Thanks for your help.

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:32:07 +0000 Jack Johnson
<knapjack@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/25/07, john@csplan9.rit.edu <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > My Linux system tells me the .gz'd floppy image is corrupt. I
>have
>> > an IBM from circa 1997 I would like to test run Plan 9 on. Any
>help
>> > would be appreciated!
>>
>> I would think that a computer from 1997 would be able to boot
>from
>> a CD-ROM... can't it?
>
>If not, use this:
>
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/
>
>-Jack
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Re: [9fans] Floppy Image

[Jack Johnson]

On 7/25/07, john@csplan9.rit.edu <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > My Linux system tells me the .gz'd floppy image is corrupt. I have
> > an IBM from circa 1997 I would like to test run Plan 9 on. Any help
> > would be appreciated!
>
> I would think that a computer from 1997 would be able to boot from
> a CD-ROM... can't it?

If not, use this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/

-Jack

Re: [9fans] Floppy Image

[raphael rsc]

i also tried booting a plan9 floppy on a old machine and all floppies
complained about no valid dos fs found. even if it mounts on a freebsd
and netbsd os with all the files on.
Raphael

On 7/25/07, Ben Knuth <lacrossguy12@hushmail.com> wrote:
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> an IBM from circa 1997 I would like to test run Plan 9 on. Any help
> would be appreciated!
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Re: [9fans] Floppy Image

[john]

> 
> My Linux system tells me the .gz'd floppy image is corrupt. I have
> an IBM from circa 1997 I would like to test run Plan 9 on. Any help
> would be appreciated!

I would think that a computer from 1997 would be able to boot from
a CD-ROM... can't it?

John

[9fans] Floppy Image

[Ben Knuth]

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My Linux system tells me the .gz'd floppy image is corrupt. I have
an IBM from circa 1997 I would like to test run Plan 9 on. Any help
would be appreciated!
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