>
> i don't know where it's getting the 9pcf that it's putting in 9fat.  it
> doesn't appear to be the same as /386/9pcf from the cd.  (there's
> only one.)
>
> as soon as i figure that out, this will probablly all work.

okay.  the cd was rolled correctly, but i discovered a potential
source of confusion.  evidently the installer didn't want to
overwrite the bad 9pcf and 9load that were already in 9fat.
so download a new copy of 9atom.tar.bz2 and when you
start the installer, make sure to zero out 9fat at a minimum.
to do this
       - open a new window
       - dd -if /dev/zero -of /dev/sdXX/9fat -bs 4k