From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7c6377578a088a9a27ac4930aae0cd8e@gmx.de> References: <7c6377578a088a9a27ac4930aae0cd8e@gmx.de> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:22:59 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e61003220722l6c543860ged9a0efe0a589b2b@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd48b7419cced0482646f06 Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy" Topicbox-Message-UUID: ee72e7e2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd48b7419cced0482646f06 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cool! On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM, 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" > 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 > --000e0cd48b7419cced0482646f06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cool!

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM, <= span dir=3D"ltr"><cinap_lenrek@gm= x.de> wrote:
9load will be gone soon. =A0muzgo and i are working on 9pcload wich will use /dev/reboot to start the final kernel and use the native plan9
drivers. =A09pcload will itself be loaded by some simple bootblocks. =A0we<= br> have iso (el torito in non emulation mode - no floppy emulation) and
pxe working already. =A0for 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:=A0"Ste= ve Simon" <steve@quintile.net= >
To:=A09fans@9fans.netDate:=A0Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:09 +0000
Subject:=A0Re: [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:
ft= p://ftp.quanstro.net/other/plan9.iso.bz2

It has subtly different drivers and might suit your machine better.

-Steve

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