From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <82c890d0050825232313828205@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:23:26 +0200 From: Gabriel Diaz To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] problems booting a new install In-Reply-To: <009101c5a993$6a0905b0$e000a8c0@OBLIVIONDT> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_5119_5859814.1125037406550" References: <126a2f7d05082504183f9e65d4@mail.gmail.com> <82c890d0050825052514b1951f@mail.gmail.com> <002501c5a980$f90b42e0$e000a8c0@OBLIVIONDT> <007901c5a98c$a1c253f0$e000a8c0@OBLIVIONDT> <82c890d005082508599b6b20e@mail.gmail.com> <009101c5a993$6a0905b0$e000a8c0@OBLIVIONDT> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7e883068-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_5119_5859814.1125037406550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Ok, Now I can understand more :=3D) First of all, the kernel you are using 9pcdisk is the one used to boot from= =20 the kfs image of the CD. You should use the 9pcf kernel to boot a fossil terminal. If you want vesa, look in the CD you downloaded for the correct kernel and= =20 put it in 9fat. I can't remeber where are those kernels in the 9grid.de vesa right now, but a quick search in archives will give you the answer i think. So, change your kernel to 9pcf and try booting again. gabi 2005/8/25, Ezequiel Reyes : >=20 > Hi, >=20 > > where you download your CD image? >=20 > > are you speaking about the vesa one provided in 9grid.de > ? >=20 > Yes, it is the vesa image, sadly, the standard would not work with my=20 > nvidia > GeForce4 and I couldn't find any info on the archives or the net of any= =20 > one > being able to make it work with plan 9 or modify an entry in the vgadb to > make it work. All I got was a black screen. >=20 > What kind of installation you done? (kfs or fossil or fossil+venti) >=20 > fossil, during instalation I was given [fossil, fossil+venti] with fossil= =20 > as > default, there was no kfs option, I understand it is an old format of > filesystem, but I did notice both, the demo system and the install system= =20 > on > the CD used kfs when starting. >=20 > Do you see any error during install process? >=20 > no errors, all steps went fine, the only step that would fail was the las= t > one, the boot setup process, since it offered floppy or plan9, I could no= t > select the later since I have a dual booting system, the floppy failed > trying to find the floppy need files on sdD1, which I don't have, it=20 > didn't > give me any choise to change the path to sdC1 which is my CD drive, that'= s > is what I had been doing to get there, changing the path from sdD1 to sdC= 1 > every time it happened. So I gave it a ctrl-d and next came finish. I > thought I would later be able to find and edit if needed the plan9.iniusi= ng > the demo system on the CD and with some advice so I did. There was a > plan9.ini on 9fat but it was empty. >=20 > Where is the advice of the plan9.ini file edition ? >=20 > thread -> Re: [9fans] accesing a local fossil >=20 > Normally plan9.ini is generated automatically and works well, and normall= y > you should done a fossil installation. >=20 > as I said, I did, there were no error on install, but later. I found the > plan9.ini was empy (perhaps it would have been filled in the bootsetup=20 > step > of the instalation that I could not perform?) >=20 > ------=_Part_5119_5859814.1125037406550 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Ok,

Now I can understand more :=3D)

First of all, the kernel you are using 9pcdisk is the one used to boot from= the kfs image of the CD.

You should use the 9pcf kernel to boot a fossil terminal.

If you want vesa, look in the CD you downloaded for the correct kernel and = put it in 9fat.
I can't remeber where are those kernels in the = 9grid.de vesa right now, but a quick search in archives will give you the answer i think.

So, change your kernel to 9pcf and try booting again.

gabi

2005/8/25, Ezequiel Reyes <= ezequiel.reyes@newhotel.co= .cu>:
9grid.de= ?

Yes, it is the vesa image, sadly, the standard would not work with= my nvidia
GeForce4 and I couldn't find any info on the archives or the net of any= one
being able to make it work with plan 9 or modify an entry in the vg= adb to
make it work. All I got was a black screen.

What kind of i= nstallation you done? (kfs or fossil or fossil+venti)

fossil, during instalation I was given [fossil, fossil+venti] with = fossil as
default, there was no kfs option, I understand it is an old fo= rmat of
filesystem, but I did notice both, the demo system and the insta= ll system on
the CD used kfs when starting.

Do you see any error during insta= ll process?

no errors, all steps went fine, the only step that would= fail was the last
one, the  boot setup process, since it offe= red floppy or plan9, I could not
select the later since I have a dual booting system, the floppy failed<= br>trying to find the floppy need files on sdD1, which I don't have, it did= n't
give me any choise to change the path to sdC1 which is my CD drive, = that's
is what I had been doing to get there, changing the path from sdD1 to s= dC1
every time it happened. So I gave it a ctrl-d and next came finish. = I
thought I would later be able to find and edit if needed the plan9.ini using
the demo system on the CD and with some advice so I did. There wa= s a
plan9.ini on 9fat but it was empty.

Where is the advice of th= e plan9.ini file edition ?

thread -> Re: [9fans] accesing a local= fossil

Normally plan9.ini is generated automatically and works well, and n= ormally
you should done a fossil installation.

as I said, I did, = there were no error on install, but later. I found the
plan9.ini was emp= y (perhaps it would have been filled in the bootsetup step
of the instalation that I could not perform?)


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