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From: David du Colombier <0intro@gmail.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] AMD64 system
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120425163658.0adb8172@wks-ddc.exosec.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL3m8eAf2Yjpg77wtykTSPnyKHxKHYc5YWfWH2L8CNjc86P1kA@mail.gmail.com>

> I found this diff: http://9legacy.org/9legacy/patch/nix.diff
> which seems to have all needed system libraries, and its own kernel,
> but the kernel seems to lack basic functionality, such as graphics and
> mouse, and I can't find the local bootloader for it — the stock
> bootloader chokes with message "bad kernel format", and on the nix web
> site it says only to build pxe bootloader, which is not what I need.
> It seems that nix is meant for cpu servers, not terminals. I need, if
> my ken of 9jargon is not wrong, a terminal kernel.

You should use Erik Quanstrom's bootloader.

It is available here:

/n/sources/contrib/quanstro/root/sys/src/boot/pc-e820

Or here:

http://www.9legacy.org/9legacy/patch/boot-pc-e820.diff

-- 
David du Colombier



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-25 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-25 14:17 Strake
2012-04-25 14:26 ` Nemo
2012-04-25 14:31   ` Christoph Lohmann
2012-04-25 14:46     ` Nemo
2012-04-25 14:36 ` David du Colombier [this message]
     [not found] <CAL3m8eAf2Yjpg77wtykTSPnyKHxKHYc5YWfWH2L8CNjc86P1kA@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 14:28 ` erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 18:04   ` Strake
2012-04-25 18:27     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-25 18:49       ` Matthew Veety
2012-04-25 19:09         ` Strake
2012-04-25 19:15           ` John Floren
2012-04-25 19:57             ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:04               ` John Floren
2012-04-25 20:30                 ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:43                   ` John Floren
2012-04-26  1:11                     ` Strake
2012-04-26  1:21                       ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-04-26  1:24                         ` andy zerger
2012-04-26  1:49                       ` John Floren
2012-04-26  3:41                         ` Strake
2012-04-25 19:19           ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-25 20:01             ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:05               ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-04-25 20:08               ` Lyndon Nerenberg
     [not found]         ` <CAL3m8eCJughpHZ6htHyLyq9vORA+z5ajpWMbWjnCTVZ+YZRv9g@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 19:36           ` erik quanstrom
     [not found]       ` <CA+4OWrwGgkYfuj2t4dkWsZHFex4oFTveDq_9A+yr=TsNpG0C8g@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 18:56         ` erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 19:16           ` Strake
     [not found]           ` <CAL3m8eDJEo6o+srxuYpKSGDmM+0KgQhC15u7Qxg4TvnpO57Zgw@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 19:32             ` erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 20:13               ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:20                 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-26  3:38                 ` Russ Cox
2012-04-26  4:04                   ` Devon H. O'Dell
2012-04-26  4:13                     ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-04-26  4:36                   ` Strake
2012-05-05 15:02                   ` Ethan Grammatikidis
     [not found]   ` <CAL3m8eDMXC2STjFjBUurmdY5DynCOrpqwE-ViRuSubfF6HjBOw@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 18:11     ` erik quanstrom

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