From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:58 +0200 From: David du Colombier <0intro@gmail.com> To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20120425163658.0adb8172@wks-ddc.exosec.local> In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] AMD64 system Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7d5a6f24-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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 =E2=80=94 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 --=20 David du Colombier