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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun,  9 Dec 2007 08:09:00 -0500
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Bootsetup will not create floppy
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> >
> > I have successfully (?) installed plan 9 from the Live/installation CD .
> > However Bootsetup will not create a boot floppy.
> > Afer inserting  a floppy in the drive and pressing 'enter' I get the following error message:
> >
> > ls /dev/sd0/cdboot '/dev/sdD0' file does not exist
> > will not format non-floppy disk /dev/sdD0/cdboot
> >
> > My CD drive is sdC1 (primary slave) . So I guess that Bootsetup is unable to find the source file it needs to create the floppy .
> > Is this assessment of the problem correct?
> 
> Yes.

i think the problem is a bit different. /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/bootfloppy
appears to have been told that the floppy is /dev/sdD0/cdboot.  the
floppy is /dev/fd0disk.  in any event, i believe that plan 9 kernels with
venti/fossil are too large for a 1.44MB floppy:

	; 9fs sources; cd /n/sources/plan9/386
	; ls -l 9load 9pcf.gz|awk '{s+=$6}END{print s}'
	1567751

generally one boots from the 9fat partition instead.  the
livecd can also be used in case of emergency.

- erik