From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy"
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:22:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e1162e61003220722l6c543860ged9a0efe0a589b2b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7c6377578a088a9a27ac4930aae0cd8e@gmx.de>
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Cool!
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM, <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de> wrote:
> 9load will be gone soon. muzgo and i are working on 9pcload wich will
> use /dev/reboot to start the final kernel and use the native plan9
> drivers. 9pcload will itself be loaded by some simple bootblocks. we
> have iso (el torito in non emulation mode - no floppy emulation) and
> pxe working already. for harddisk here are lba and chs bootblocks
> available that load 9pcload from a patchable lba offset and a multi
> staged loader that will detect lba/chs automatically and is more
> flexible on finding 9pcload is in the works.
>
> this terminal and my thinkpad are already network booted without any
> 9load involvement!
>
> :)
>
> --
> cinap
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
> To: 9fans@9fans.net
> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:09 +0000
> Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy"
> I have been playing with an 2004 vintage P4 machine which
> similarly hangs at probing floppy... but after a long time,
> perhaps 30 secs it continues.
>
> Have you tried waiting for this long?
>
> Have you tried Erik's alternative distribution:
> ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/plan9.iso.bz2
>
> It has subtly different drivers and might suit your machine better.
>
> -Steve
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-22 14:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-22 7:01 Justin Jackson
2010-03-22 10:02 ` Steve Simon
2010-03-22 11:10 ` Justin Jackson
2010-03-22 15:35 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-22 16:31 ` EBo
2010-03-22 18:58 ` Justin Jackson
2010-03-22 19:04 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-22 11:21 ` cinap_lenrek
2010-03-22 11:39 ` EBo
2010-03-22 14:22 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2010-03-22 13:48 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-23 22:33 ` Adriano Verardo
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