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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] post install boot routine problems on double nested system
Date: Sun,  7 Feb 2010 16:47:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2bdb0f59ef1ceb72c112bcb0949c5dff@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36dff1011002051847w5e195d06m83570f8c848b90b1@mail.gmail.com>

> message excepts during halted boot sequence, post install reboot:
>
> found 9pcf
> premature EOF

somehow 9pcf was truncated.  perhaps you're out of room
in 9fat?  you can boot the install cd, mount your 9fat
and check.

> Boot devices: fd0 sdC0!9fat
> boot from:
> (first I hit [enter] and the prompt was simply repeated)
> (then I entered [sdC0!9fat]
> syntax is sdC0!partition!file
> (then I entered [sdC0!9fat!plan9.ini])
> found plan9.ini
> .bad kernel format

you can't boot plan9.ini.  that's a config file.
you want	sdC0!9fat!9pcf
or perhaps similar.

- erik



      reply	other threads:[~2010-02-07 21:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-06  2:47 Ben Pont
2010-02-07 21:47 ` erik quanstrom [this message]

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