On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 02:31:44AM -0400, Terry Wendt wrote:
>
> I copied the plan9.iso over to the plan9 partition, and even copied
> all the files and directories as well.

The plan9 partition is not an uniq filesystem but a slice of the disk
allocated to plan9 and organized in several sub-partitions, with the
first one being a fat partition.

It is unlikely, a priori, that simply "copying" a plan iso to "the"
plan9 partition will give the plan9 install any data it can access.

I attach to the message a "howto" I wrote when I had to install Plan9 on
a host with no CD drive. It is not to be used mandatorily if your CD/DVD
works, but it will give you clues about the organization of the plan9
slice.

HTH,
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