From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:19:33 +0000 From: Tim Haynes Message-ID: <86g0mllga0.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <200009271813.OAA28242@er3.rutgers.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan 9 file server? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 11bbcb0e-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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