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