From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Building a Floppy Disk
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:27:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071214172702.45E821E8C1C@holo.morphisms.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <052937b2-57e3-456b-bd55-ba888ce38984@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>
> I can build 9pcf.gz and put it on a floppy and the new kernel with my
> changes will boot, and see the sata bus. But the floppy root system is
> missing those components, therefore it won't get to a working system.
>
> Is there a way I can boot the floppy kernel but use the CD's root fs?
The kernel that knows how to read the CD is called 9pccd.gz.
Copy it to a boot floppy, boot the floppy, and at the 9load
boot from: prompt, type fd0!9pccd.gz.
Russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-14 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-14 9:46 [9fans] " Bob
2007-12-14 13:46 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-14 15:23 ` [9fans] " Bob
2007-12-14 15:54 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-14 17:27 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2007-12-17 10:04 ` Bob
2007-12-17 12:54 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-17 13:28 ` [9fans] Intel Sata Bob
2007-12-17 13:34 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-18 9:42 ` [9fans] " Bob
2007-12-18 14:25 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-19 9:56 ` Bob
2007-12-20 9:36 ` Bob
2007-12-20 13:11 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-20 16:42 ` Bob
2007-12-20 18:37 ` erik quanstrom
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