* [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso @ 2010-05-14 4:22 Corey 2010-05-14 4:26 ` Corey 2010-05-16 0:25 ` erik quanstrom 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Corey @ 2010-05-14 4:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Attempting new plan9 installation, seeing this sort of thing going on: bios 0: drive 0x80: 80.026,361,856 bytes, type 3 biosdiskcall: int 13 op 0x42 drive 0x80 failed, ah error 0x80 sectread: bios failed to read 512 @ sector 0 of 0x80 ... searching 9fans, I see that others have had same issue, recently and in the past: http://www.mail-archive.com/9fans@cse.psu.edu/msg15073.html http://www.mail-archive.com/9fans@9fans.net/msg14087.html http://9fans.net/archive/2009/09/209 ... etc. So now I'm going to try installing using one of Erik's distros: ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/plan9.iso.bz2 or ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/9atom.iso.bz2 ... but I'm wondering: why does 9load seem to sometimes suffer from apparent regressions in the official iso? I'm reviewing a draft plan 9 installation howto I wrote a while back, and I'm wondering whether the howto should just suggest that the user obtain their iso from quanstro.net (9atom.iso.bz2 or plan9.iso.bz2) rather than the iso from plan9.bell-labs.com? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-14 4:22 [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso Corey @ 2010-05-14 4:26 ` Corey 2010-05-16 14:44 ` David du Colombier 2010-05-16 0:25 ` erik quanstrom 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Corey @ 2010-05-14 4:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans On Thursday 13 May 2010 9:22:08 Corey wrote: <snip> > I'm reviewing a draft plan 9 installation howto I wrote a while back, > Oh yeah - someone kindly hosted the current draft (v. 0.2) here: http://mirror.9grid.fr/mirror.9grid.fr/plan9-cpu-auth-server-howto.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-14 4:26 ` Corey @ 2010-05-16 14:44 ` David du Colombier 2010-05-16 19:00 ` Corey 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: David du Colombier @ 2010-05-16 14:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: corey, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs > Oh yeah - someone kindly hosted the current draft (v. 0.2) here: > > http://mirror.9grid.fr/mirror.9grid.fr/plan9-cpu-auth-server-howto.html Yes, it's me. I hosted it since your website disappeared. I think this kind of documentation is always useful for new users. -- David du Colombier ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-16 14:44 ` David du Colombier @ 2010-05-16 19:00 ` Corey 2010-05-16 19:45 ` David du Colombier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Corey @ 2010-05-16 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Sunday 16 May 2010 7:44:41 David du Colombier wrote: > > Oh yeah - someone kindly hosted the current draft (v. 0.2) here: > > > > http://mirror.9grid.fr/mirror.9grid.fr/plan9-cpu-auth-server-howto.html > > Yes, it's me. I hosted it since your website disappeared. > Much appreciated - thank you! May I contact you when I update the document, and/or when I'm ready to release other docs? Beers! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-16 19:00 ` Corey @ 2010-05-16 19:45 ` David du Colombier 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: David du Colombier @ 2010-05-16 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: corey, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs > May I contact you when I update the document, and/or when I'm > ready to release other docs? Yes, of course. I can also host them directly on the main 9grid.fr website. -- David du Colombier ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-14 4:22 [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso Corey 2010-05-14 4:26 ` Corey @ 2010-05-16 0:25 ` erik quanstrom 2010-05-16 1:21 ` Corey 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2010-05-16 0:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: corey, 9fans > ... but I'm wondering: why does 9load seem to sometimes suffer > from apparent regressions in the official iso? i think the bios calls that the official distribution supports have been the source of a lot of trouble. i've been looking into why that might be, but don't have any answers yet. - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] boot errors using most recent plan9.iso 2010-05-16 0:25 ` erik quanstrom @ 2010-05-16 1:21 ` Corey 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Corey @ 2010-05-16 1:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans On Saturday 15 May 2010 5:25:38 erik quanstrom wrote: > > ... but I'm wondering: why does 9load seem to sometimes suffer > > from apparent regressions in the official iso? > > i think the bios calls that the official distribution > supports have been the source of a lot of trouble. > i've been looking into why that might be, but don't > have any answers yet. > Roger that: I can confirm that the install went just fine using your iso's in lieu of the current official iso. (I had used the official iso several months ago on the very same machine, and had no issue... which is what led me to wondering about 9load regressions in the official distro). Cheers ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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