From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4ED5AAB8-53B7-11D9-B07A-000A9573A128@rogers.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bob Hartley Subject: Re: [9fans] New to Plan 9 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:17:55 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1b7b4a8e-eace-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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 > >