You could download qemu & boot it with that to see if it is a image or
actually a hardware
problem. Besides, for a new user, qemu may be better anyway (no need to blow
away
working OS, plus you can switch in and out of it).

On 6/11/06, e.c.sharpe <bride.of.excession@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:04:03 +0200
> "Rodolfo (kix)" <rodolfogarciap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What is the problem?
> >
>
> Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear?
> The disc just doesn't boot. I can mount it and look at it but
> my machine doesn't find it bootable.  I want to determine
> (before burning a new one) whether it's the disc or a hardware
> incompatability, so I ask if anyone has knowledge of this
> specific model's (Toshiba Portege 7020ct) compatablity with
> Plan9 (fourth edition). I burned it on a Debian machine using
> cdrecord from the CLI, as I've done previously with iso
> images.
>
> Thanks
> ecs
>
>
>
>
> > 2006/6/11, e.c.sharpe <bride.of.excession@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I have been reading about Plan9 and am very keen to try it
> > > out, so I downloaded the iso and burned it to a cd but
> > > couldn't get it to boot on my Toshiba Portege 7020ct.
> > > Proably I just wrote a bad disc but before I retry I
> > > wanted to ask if anyone has got it running on or knows any
> > > reason why it wouldn't run on this machine? I've seen
> > > quite a few reports of it running on a Toshiba Satellite,
> > > nothing about the Portege though.
> > >
> > > Also, I have really enjoyed lurking here recently, you
> > > have a really lively community.
> > >
> > > Thanks Much,
> > > ecs
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rodolfo García "kix"
> >
>



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