Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9

[Bob Hartley <bob.hartley@rogers.com>]

James,

If you have another machine with MSN, ssh, email or something on it, I 
will try to schedule some time to help walk you through it.

I have installed Plan 9 on a number of machines at home and work, but I 
must warn you I am a newby myself.

You can email me offlist to arrange this,

regards,

Bob



On Dec 21, 2004, at 5:52 PM, James Fox wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am totally new to Plan 9, but I decided to try it out, just because 
> I like to try out new operating systems and the like. I recently used 
> the CD iso to install Plan 9 (I'm not sure if Plan 9 supports by 
> Ethernet Adapter),  and after a few attempts, I got to the boot 
> installation stage.
>
> After failing to get the installation to create a boot floppy (It 
> tried to use the cd drive: perhaps it was confused by the floppy image 
> that, if i recall correctly, is inside every bootable cd-rom), I 
> decided to use the 'plan9' option, which seemed to work until I tried 
> to reboot.
>
> Basically,  whether I let Plan 9 install it's bootloader in the MBR, 
> or I try to chainload (using the Solaris or FreeBSD multi-booters), 
> the booting fails immedialy, with either the message 'MBR...Error!' if 
> I use the Plan 9 bootloader, or just '...Error!' if I use another 
> bootloader.
>
> Does anyone know what causes this, and how it could be fixed?
>
> James Fox
>
>