* [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops
@ 2013-07-15 9:02 faif
2013-07-15 16:24 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2013-07-15 17:58 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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From: faif @ 2013-07-15 9:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I have seen some tips here and there about installing Plan 9 on a disk-less computer but are there any guides? I have an eee pc 1000h and I am interested in installing Plan 9. Whether it will be the standard installation, 9atom, or something else is not very important. I just want to try Plan 9 on a non-vm environment.
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* Re: [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops
2013-07-15 9:02 [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops faif
@ 2013-07-15 16:24 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2013-07-15 17:58 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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From: Ethan Grammatikidis @ 2013-07-15 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:02:28 GMT
faif <faifgnu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have seen some tips here and there about installing Plan 9 on a disk-less computer but are there any guides? I have an eee pc 1000h and I am interested in installing Plan 9. Whether it will be the standard installation, 9atom, or something else is not very important. I just want to try Plan 9 on a non-vm environment.
>
i booted a 1005ha from usb the other day, but there wasn't a driver for the ethernet, which put a stop to actual use. (i have other hardware, so it wasn't a priority.) you can't always tell what will work in a different model though. i use 9front myself, it's well-maintained. it works particularly well on many thinkpads, if you have one of those.
https://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/KnownWorkingHardware
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Developing the austere intellectual discipline of keeping things
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both technically and educationally.
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* Re: [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops
2013-07-15 9:02 [9fans] Installation on disk-less laptops faif
2013-07-15 16:24 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
@ 2013-07-15 17:58 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2013-07-15 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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the simplest is to setup an auth+fs box (could be a VM), and then PXE or
bootp/tftp boot a diskless "terminal" kernel. if the device is to run a
"cpu" kernel, then some sort of nvram is needed to hold the host owner's
credentials.
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 2:02 AM, faif <faifgnu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have seen some tips here and there about installing Plan 9 on a
> disk-less computer but are there any guides? I have an eee pc 1000h and I
> am interested in installing Plan 9. Whether it will be the standard
> installation, 9atom, or something else is not very important. I just want
> to try Plan 9 on a non-vm environment.
>
>
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