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From: "Alexander Shendi (Web.de)" <Alexander.Shendi@web.de>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:44:02 +0100
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom on Dell Inspiron Mini 9
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erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> schrieb:

>> I'm planning to ins=
tall Plan 9 on a spare i386 machine, a Dell
>Inspiron Mini 9 netbook.
>>
>=
> I have googled a bit and my best bet seems  to be the 9atom
>distribution=
. However
>> the netbook doesn't have a CDROM and I would habe to buy an
>U=
SB-CDROM-Drive.
>> Thus my questions:
>> * Has anyone tried  Plan 9 on  thi=
s or similar hardware?
>> * Can Plan 9 boot of an USB-CDROM?
>
>the 9atom i=
nstaller is a little too dumb to boot from a usb-cdrom.
>i think what you'd=
 really want is a bootable usb key.  does that sound
>right?

Right, a bo=
otable usb-key would be fantastic. Can the 9atom installer
boot from one? C=
an I use one of the Linux or Windows based tools
to make one?
>
>i don't th=
ink that will be too hard to build, if you think that'll do
>the
>trick.
>
=
>- erik
Many thanks for your quick reply.

Alexander
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