From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <65FBFBBF-5B5C-4255-9028-48DB7453CB39@flyingwalrus.net> From: Ben Calvert To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:32:07 -0800 References: <046fa64ab04b1609f35fc9a62fc135c4@quintile.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help Topicbox-Message-UUID: b1abff84-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 trying now... On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz. > > Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it. > > Thanks, > Lucho > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert > wrote: >> ya, that would be great >> On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: >> >>> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports >>> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes >>> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in >>> trying it I can try to find it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Lucho >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the >>>> plan9.iso file >>>> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file >>>> there >>>> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source >>>> for the >>>> full install. >>>> >>>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, >>>> normally this >>>> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which >>>> contains a >>>> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be >>>> able to >>>> do >>>> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard >>>> disk, >>>> though this is going to get painful. >>>> >>>> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. >>>> >>>> -Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >