Re: [9fans] An unsuccessful attempt to install on Thinkpad T43

[Kernel Panic <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de>]

Hongzheng Wang wrote:

>Using another new network card shoule be ok.  But extra cost is needed :P
>
>
sorry... this is just the simplest obvious thing someone can do... the
other option
would be writing/porting a driver and i guess thats a lot harder.
but maybe here is hope... ron mentiond on irc that he will try porting
ndis-wrapper
to plan9 to get more wlan-hardware supported.

but i would not wait for it... just find a temoprary solution and keep
on... if
here is a better solution in the future, you can switch to it and sell
your replacement
card to ebay or something :-)

>On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Kernel Panic <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>
>>Hongzheng Wang wrote:
>>
>> >Hi John,
>> >
>> >Many thanks.  Your tip, zeroing the partition mannually first, may
>> >answer the strange thing I encountered during installation.  And, I
>> >also prefer to native running Plan9.  But an installation without
>> >workable ethernet is quite unacceptable.  So I might try the method
>> >Eric recommended first.  Alternatively, I will try to config the
>> >previously installed Plan9 to be a  CPU server.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> is this nic integrated into the mainboard or can it be replaced (some sort
>> of mini pci slot)? maybe a pcmcia network card will do?
>>
>> cinap
>>
>>

cinap