From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] install problem From: "Russ Cox" Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:02:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20071214210141.149201E8C63@holo.morphisms.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 193feb1c-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > --> while copying the files to the drive, I get this message: "Warning: > skipping bad log entry". > > --> then when it runs the bootsetup stage, I choose the "Plan9" option, and > it then says "Preparing menu..." and then just returns me to the beginning > of the bootsetup routine. It's like the process becomes stuck in a loop. > > --> at this point, I have sometimes tried doing a hard reboot, in which > case the MBR (from my NetBSD partition) comes up and displays Plan9 as the > second option, but when I choose it, the screen goes black and nothing > happens. On the CD, what is the date and size of the file /dist/replica/plan9.log ? It sounds like you got a CD that was made during the recent problems with the pull log. I just did a pull and the current log appears to be okay. Perhaps grabbing a new CD image will solve the problem. Russ