From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3F13FB76.721F2B2C@ccsi.com> From: nofreakingspam@ccsi.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 install doesn't put the right MBR on the disk References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:02:46 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: f8b044ca-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 David Presotto wrote: > > I tried it on one yesterday and it put a working mbr on it. Perhaps > I did something different. I copied /dev/zeros to the disk before > starting to wipe out what was there. > > Is it asking you to install an MBR? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [9fans] Plan 9 install doesn't put the right MBR on the disk > Date: 15 Jul 2003 00:17:43 -0500 > From: rgr@sdf.lonestar.org (Rob Ristroph) > Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu > To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu > > Hi, > > The current Plan 9 which you download from Bell Labs is > uninstallable on a clean machine. > . . . Actually, the loader when on the HD seems to fail. I use a boot floppy made at install time and erased everything on it except 9load. The floppy boots, the loader goes to the HD for 9pcdisk and plan9.ini and the system is up and running. Someone put 9load out of its misery. Later, Bob -- bbourg-at-ccsi.com