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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:59:01 -0500
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Installation CD Problems
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> > if someone's itching for a project, the installer could use
> > a little touch up.
>
> The program to detect where to install from, /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/
> mountdist, is good. The only problem seems to be with the plan9.ini
> file, /sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini.cd, which specifically asks to boot
> from /dev/sdD0. Unless there is a better way to specify "the device
> where plan9.ini was found," say $inidev? That would require some
> modifications to the plan9.ini parser, am I right?

i have made this modification.  /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/src/9loadaoe.
look for "bootdev" in load.c

unfortunately, this technique will not work when booting from a cd
because an el torito cd uses a fakey-fakey floppy image to boot from.
as far as the installer is concerned, it's booting from a floppy disk.

i also think there's a few other places where assumptions are made.
maybe i'm wrong.  it's been a long time since i fought with the installer.

and that time i lost. :-)

- erik