From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:24:20 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20130715172420.3fac988f@vardo.ethans.dre.am> In-Reply-To: <623e719d-fb92-4a91-82c1-585358f61fc5@googlegroups.com> References: <623e719d-fb92-4a91-82c1-585358f61fc5@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6c02174e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:02:28 GMT faif wrote: > I have seen some tips here and there about installing Plan 9 on a disk-less computer but are there any guides? I have an eee pc 1000h and I am interested in installing Plan 9. Whether it will be the standard installation, 9atom, or something else is not very important. I just want to try Plan 9 on a non-vm environment. > i booted a 1005ha from usb the other day, but there wasn't a driver for the ethernet, which put a stop to actual use. (i have other hardware, so it wasn't a priority.) you can't always tell what will work in a different model though. i use 9front myself, it's well-maintained. it works particularly well on many thinkpads, if you have one of those. https://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/KnownWorkingHardware -- Developing the austere intellectual discipline of keeping things sufficiently simple is in this environment a formidable challenge, both technically and educationally. -- Dijstraka, EWD898, 1984