From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7c6377578a088a9a27ac4930aae0cd8e@gmx.de> To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:21:41 +0100 From: cinap_lenrek@gmx.de In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-yuuddseuayjoxsjeysmxnxorih" Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy" Topicbox-Message-UUID: ee5deb1c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-yuuddseuayjoxsjeysmxnxorih Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 9load will be gone soon. muzgo and i are working on 9pcload wich will use /dev/reboot to start the final kernel and use the native plan9 drivers. 9pcload will itself be loaded by some simple bootblocks. we have iso (el torito in non emulation mode - no floppy emulation) and pxe working already. for harddisk here are lba and chs bootblocks available that load 9pcload from a patchable lba offset and a multi staged loader that will detect lba/chs automatically and is more flexible on finding 9pcload is in the works. this terminal and my thinkpad are already network booted without any 9load involvement! :) -- cinap --upas-yuuddseuayjoxsjeysmxnxorih Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-bounces+cinap_lenrek=gmx.de@9fans.net> X-Flags: 0000 Delivered-To: GMX delivery to cinap_lenrek@gmx.de Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 22 Mar 2010 10:07:10 -0000 Received: from gouda.swtch.com (EHLO gouda.swtch.com) [67.207.142.3] by mx0.gmx.net (mx095) with SMTP; 22 Mar 2010 11:07:10 +0100 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=gouda.swtch.com) by gouda.swtch.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <9fans-bounces@9fans.net>) id 1NteSh-0003et-7M; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:19 +0000 Received: from april.london.02.net ([87.194.255.143]) by gouda.swtch.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NteSe-0003eo-GM for 9fans@9fans.net; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:16 +0000 Received: from quintile.net (87.194.128.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4B79C26300B29351 for 9fans@9fans.net; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:10 +0000 Message-ID: From: "Steve Simon" Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:09 +0000 To: 9fans@9fans.net In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy" X-BeenThere: 9fans@9fans.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.9fans.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net Errors-To: 9fans-bounces+cinap_lenrek=gmx.de@9fans.net X-GMX-Antivirus: 0 (no virus found) X-GMX-Antispam: 0 (Sender is in whitelist: steve@quintile.net); Detail=5D7Q89H36p4L00VTXC6D4q0N+AH0PUCnetdm6+jp8LF+tAiRn7+lmYDIGeXmgyITdziak Zr9MQtfLefHhI+WM0yQAYi70VltV1; X-GMX-UID: enOVeAoDPTRtaMh0kjIwKu0xc2tpZAvx I have been playing with an 2004 vintage P4 machine which similarly hangs at probing floppy... but after a long time, perhaps 30 secs it continues. Have you tried waiting for this long? Have you tried Erik's alternative distribution: ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/plan9.iso.bz2 It has subtly different drivers and might suit your machine better. -Steve --upas-yuuddseuayjoxsjeysmxnxorih--