Re: [9fans] Virtual PC + Toshiba Tecra 8100 (SavageMX) vgadb entry and vgainfo.txt

[Stephen Wynne <stevemw@place.org>]

Interesting quandry: if I attach the plan9.iso to a Virtual PC
instance, it can boot it up and run the installer. That kernel
can see the NIC, which is evidently emulating a 2114x, but
then can't find disk/kfs* commands.

I rebuilt 9pcflop.gz from a fresh install on a normal PC but
while it can see the NIC when it boots, it can't deal with
my VGA controller, which I had hacked around by recognizing
VIDEO B, etc... The vgainfo.txt is a lot less informative.

Shouldn't 9pcflop.gz be very similar to what I get when I
download?

I guess I'm building different kernels, but I'm not sure what
to do next.

I'm curious what will happen once I finally get serious
about talking to the outside world with this NIC. I
see:

    #l0: 21140: 0Mbps port 0xEC00 irq 11: 0003FF9A5B41

at boot. I've tried a couple of quick "experiments" (like batting
in the dark to you scientists) with the ip/ping command. I've
tried NAT and direct connection to the network. It looks like
I'll have to have /lib/ndb/local fixed up first.