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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:54:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ec6337a2e5c17589aff9ed61c3d0799@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACV-OrhU3fqkVUV1VvBapBtaCB=044Q6+teXRtRTsmuYQRa27A@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu Mar 27 16:50:18 EDT 2014, root@davidrhoskin.com wrote:
> Here's a procedure that worked for me.
>
> - download new usbinstamd64.bz2 from 9atom.org
> - boot it up, run through the installer
> - answer no to ``build full amd64 set?''
> - answer no to ``halt system?''
> - mount new disk's 9fat and copy over /386/9paed
> - edit plan9.ini to boot 9paed
>
> This will boot up just fine in 386/pae.
>
>  From there, you can build amd64 on the host system.

there is something odd here.

where do the 386 executables come from?  they're not on the usb key.

it's also hard to explain that the usb key 64-bit kernel works just fine,
but doesn't (i happen to know) appear to boot from your hard drive.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-27 20:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-26 17:34 erik quanstrom
2014-03-26 23:34 ` Adriano Verardo
2014-03-27  3:39   ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-27 20:49     ` David Hoskin
2014-03-27 20:54       ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-03-27 21:09         ` David Hoskin
2014-03-28  1:11       ` Matthew Bonner
2014-03-27 22:20     ` Adriano Verardo

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