From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <42FCF580.5010508@dominique-werner.com> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:16:16 +0200 From: Unix User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Macintosh/20050716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu References: <20050812165555.4FD5018EAA@mail.cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050812165555.4FD5018EAA@mail.cse.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] Re: 9fans Digest, Vol 16, Issue 19 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 777c2f4a-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 just wanted to say thanks, I finally got Plan 9 to install on my Compaq AP550 with graphic, the FreeBSD bootloader didn't pick up Plan 9 though..does anyone know if Grub will boot Plan 9? 9fans-request@cse.psu.edu wrote: >Send 9fans mailing list submissions to > 9fans@cse.psu.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cse.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/9fans >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > 9fans-request@cse.psu.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at > 9fans-owner@cse.psu.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of 9fans digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: auth(2) auth_wep usage? (Axel Belinfante) > 2. Re: 9fans Digest, Vol 16, Issue 18 (Unix) > 3. Re: auth(2) auth_wep usage? (Russ Cox) > 4. Re: New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? > (Ezequiel Reyes) > 5. Re: New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? > (Anselm R. Garbe) > 6. Re: New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? (Russ Cox) > 7. Re: New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? > (Christoph Lohmann) > 8. Re: New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? > (Anselm R. Garbe) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:00:34 +0200 >From: Axel Belinfante >Subject: Re: [9fans] auth(2) auth_wep usage? >To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >Message-ID: <200508121600.j7CG0Yo00221@demeter.cs.utwente.nl> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >>>I got the impression I have first to push a key >>>to factotum, after which auth_wep picks it up. >>>is there a more direct way to do it? >>>I could not find a libarary routine to push the key >>>to factotum in some programmatic way. >>> >>> >>read /sys/src/cmd/auth/factotum/wep.c >> >> > >I already had done so. > > > >>factotum wep hands off the key directly to the >>ethernet card so as not to reveal the secret. >> >> > >i see. just curious, is there any particular reason it >only supports keys 1-3 and not 4? (adding is trivial) > > > >>it doesn't sound like that's appropriate here >>so just write it directly yourself. >> >> > >fully correct. turned out I already had the >control-fd to the card open... > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:09:47 +0200 >From: Unix >Subject: [9fans] Re: 9fans Digest, Vol 16, Issue 18 >To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu >Message-ID: <42FCC9CB.50406@dominique-werner.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Thanks for the tips. The Adaptec controller is based on Highpoint >yes..HP370 and while it does work in BSD it's not exactly a reliable >controller, I had it running in a RAID0 in different BSDs and it kept >giving me errors and failing with the hard disk perfectly well in >health...I just have it in my system to get up to 100, the default is 60 >in this workstation and since I can't use more than two drives with the >onboard controller. I was simply looking for some speed and backup when >I originally bought it...but in the meantime I've realized that even >gmirror seems to be the better solution, sad, I always thought hardware >raid was more reliable..anyway, thanks...I'll test... > >Domi > >9fans-request@cse.psu.edu wrote: > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 7 >>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:31:13 +0200 >>From: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> >>Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? >>To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >>Message-ID: <20050812173113.08e9d5eb.20h@r-36.net> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> >>Good day. >> >>There is an experimental ISO at 9grid.de[0], for testing, if VESA works >>or not. It can be booted as LiveCD used for trying out Plan 9. The other >>possibility is to use Drawterm[1] for connecting to 9grid and so try out >>Plan 9 as user. Booting Plan 9 from the FreeBSD bootloader should work, >>as there is a standard bootloader in the 9fat partition, in the Plan 9 >>installation, the ATA HDD should be supported by now and can be seen on >>the CD boot, by the "dev A* ..." lines after "ELCR: ...". Each of them >>is a IDE device, that was found. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Christoph >> >>[0] http://www.9grid.de/plan9/plan9vesa.iso.bz2 >>[1] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~mirtchov/p9/ (drawterm-*.gz) >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 8 >>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:59:40 +0200 >>From: "Anselm R. Garbe" >>Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? >>To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >>Message-ID: <89d1e7b80508120859c5f04fd@mail.gmail.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >>On 8/12/05, Unix wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>this PC..I don't have a spare PC left, the hard disk btw, is running off >>>an Adaptec 1200 H/W raid controller IDE...Is there any way to get this >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I own(ed) that frking crappy controller as well, it's based on some >>Highpoint 366/370 chipset, but is not detected by plan9 (including the >>experimental vesa and daily ISOs of 9grid.de). When 4th Ed of plan9 >>was released, even Linux didn't knew that frking controller by default >>- only the BSDs worked out of the box by that time. >> >>In the meantime I throwed this controller out of the window (which you >>cannot even use for RAID0 in a "hardware" setup, it is actually >>incomparable with a real SCSI RAID controller) and switched back to >>the onboard ide driver which is recognized by plan9 and all other >>OS'es so far. >> >>I highly recommend NOT to use any IDE-hardware-"RAID" at all... >>there're better software based solutions... >> >>Regards, >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:09:35 -0400 >From: Russ Cox >Subject: Re: [9fans] auth(2) auth_wep usage? >To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >>i see. just curious, is there any particular reason it >>only supports keys 1-3 and not 4? (adding is trivial) >> >> > >probably just an oversight. > >russ > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:25:25 -0700 >From: "Ezequiel Reyes" >Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? >To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >Message-ID: <003f01c59f5a$74700aa0$e000a8c0@OBLIVIONDT> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I downloaded the vesa-enabled iso image, and it works well everywhere I have >tested it, being various desktop machines and my dell laptop with nvidia >card. Of course, I can only have a configuration of 1024x768x16 max (My >laptop card allows 1600x1200x32 max). I can use and install plan 9 from the >vesa iso with no video problems, but I would like to know if the iso is and >will be mantained in sync with the latest plan 9 changes so that I know I >could download it in the future and use an up to date system. I have a very >slow internet conection, I can only download the iso from time to time. Are >there plans to insert the vesa driver in the official iso? Or better, plans >to get a basic nvidia driver in the future? In the former case, I am using >it with no problems, so if it is in experimental state, it is very stable >already. > Thanks. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christoph Lohmann" <20h@r-36.net> >To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:31 AM >Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? > > > > >>Good day. >> >>There is an experimental ISO at 9grid.de[0], for testing, if VESA works >>or not. It can be booted as LiveCD used for trying out Plan 9. The other >>possibility is to use Drawterm[1] for connecting to 9grid and so try out >>Plan 9 as user. Booting Plan 9 from the FreeBSD bootloader should work, >>as there is a standard bootloader in the 9fat partition, in the Plan 9 >>installation, the ATA HDD should be supported by now and can be seen on >>the CD boot, by the "dev A* ..." lines after "ELCR: ...". Each of them >>is a IDE device, that was found. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Christoph >> >>[0] http://www.9grid.de/plan9/plan9vesa.iso.bz2 >>[1] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~mirtchov/p9/ (drawterm-*.gz) >> >> >> > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:34:53 +0200 >From: "Anselm R. Garbe" >Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9, boot and install on Compaq AP550? >To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> >Message-ID: <89d1e7b8050812093433ba07ec@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >On 8/12/05, Ezequiel Reyes wrote: > > >>I downloaded the vesa-enabled iso image, and it works well everywhere I have >>tested it, being various desktop machines and my dell laptop with nvidia >>card. Of course, I can only have a configuration of 1024x768x16 max (My >>laptop card allows 1600x1200x32 max). I can use and install plan 9 from the >>vesa iso with no video problems, but I would like to know if the iso is and >>will be mantained in sync with the latest plan 9 changes so that I know I >>could download it in the future and use an up to date system. I have a very >>slow internet conection, I can only download the iso from time to time. Are >>there plans to insert the vesa driver in the official iso? Or better, plans >> >> > >Yeah, please include the vesa driver asap into the official ISO. Many >interested people won't drop their attempts to get in touch with rio >after booting into text mode and nothing works... >Btw. including the radeon driver, which seems to be not available at >the moment, could also be very helpful. > >Regards, > >