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From: Tim Haynes <piglet@glutinous.custard.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan 9 file server?
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:19:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86g0mllga0.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200009271813.OAA28242@er3.rutgers.edu>

anothy@eden.rutgers.edu (Anthony Sorace) writes:

> //how do I resume the installation process from that % prompt?
> 
> if you can get the 9fans/comp.os.plan9 archives, there's complete
> instructions there somewhere. i got lucky enough to only need to edit
> vgadb, so i've no first-hand experience with it. if i recall correctly,
> the steps were: (1) create partitions, using disk/fdisk (2) create Plan 9
> partitions in that new partition, using disk/prep, (3) format that Plan 9
> partition, adding an appropriate boot sector, using disk/format, then (4)
> unpack the distribution file, using wrap/inst. technicly, the man pages
> for these give you all you need to know, but i'd advise going through the
> archives for more detailed instructions. 

Cool. Thanks, I've made a note of that lot and the URL the other chap
posted as well. I guess I've got a bit of reading to be doing, then. :8)

~Tim
-- 
Sometimes you're the pigeon,                    | piglet@glutinous.custard.org
Sometimes you're the statue.                    | http://piglet.is.dreaming.org



  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-09-28 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <anothy@eden.rutgers.edu>
2000-09-27 18:13 ` Anthony Sorace
2000-09-27 18:27   ` Scott Schwartz
2000-09-28 10:19   ` Tim Haynes [this message]
2000-09-28  9:42 okamoto
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-09-28  8:37 forsyth
2000-09-28  1:30 okamoto
2000-09-28  1:04 Russ Cox
2000-09-28  1:01 okamoto
2000-09-27 20:08 Anthony Sorace
2000-09-27 15:42 Anthony Sorace
2000-09-27 17:02 ` Tim Haynes
2000-09-27 15:16 jmk
2000-09-27 18:04 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-09-27 12:58 Ish Rattan
2000-09-27 13:52 ` Jon Snader
2000-09-27 14:03   ` Nigel Roles
2000-09-27 15:17     ` Tim Haynes
2000-09-27 15:52       ` Nigel Roles
2000-09-28 10:18 ` Douglas A. Gwyn

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