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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:15:48 +0100
From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Unable to boot from CD
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 09:54:49AM +0000, Sauparna wrote:
> Previously I had a working Plan9 (3rd. Ed.) installation on my desktop, which had Pentium 4 processor. I am unable to boot from the same Plan9 CD, and even the 4th. Ed. CD, on my laptop. I get this error message:
>[...]
> cpu0: 2189MHz Core 2/Xeon
> bios (usb) loading disabled
> Boot devices: fd0
> boot from:_

>>From the above, the problem is not an installation that worked before,
and does not anymore, since this is not a Pentium IV anymore but a
Core 2/Xeon.

Since it loads the floppy image, El Torito is supported. Now, this is
the exploration of the mass storage that seems to pose problems.

Do your disks have MBR, or GPT or something else (RAID)?

Are you able to enter a specification for boot from?
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