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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:04:28 -0700
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From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] oh, no! (again)
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:

> >
> > 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
>

When I download this ISO, it gets to what appears to be the last byte then
aborts.

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM, erik q=
uanstrom <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:quanstro@quanstro.net">qua=
nstro@quanstro.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"=
>
<div class=3D"im">&gt;<br>
&gt; i don&#39;t know where it&#39;s getting the 9pcf that it&#39;s putting=
 in 9fat. =A0it<br>
&gt; doesn&#39;t appear to be the same as /386/9pcf from the cd. =A0(there&=
#39;s<br>
&gt; only one.)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; as soon as i figure that out, this will probablly all work.<br>
<br>
</div>okay. =A0the cd was rolled correctly, but i discovered a potential<br=
>
source of confusion. =A0evidently the installer didn&#39;t want to<br>
overwrite the bad 9pcf and 9load that were already in 9fat.<br>
so download a new copy of 9atom.tar.bz2 and when you<br>
start the installer, make sure to zero out 9fat at a minimum.<br>
to do this<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- open a new window<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- dd -if /dev/zero -of /dev/sdXX/9fat -bs 4k<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>When I download this ISO, it gets to what =
appears to be the last byte then aborts.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div=
></div><br>

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