[9fans] plan9v3 won't start (PBS...Bad format or I/O error)

[Michael Giegerich <migieger@vsnl.com>]

(Sorry if this shows up twice, but my news-
server doesn't seem to have spread this).

Install of plan9v3 onto my Sony 505 laptop went
more or less smooth...

Plan9 resides in the 2nd partition after a 3 GB
Win98 partition. Plan9's partition is 1 GB.

When doing bootsetup I 1st tried the "plan9"
option and it told me that its partition is more
than 2 GB in sdC0, and thus installed its own
(more capable) mbr.

Despite this, when booting I get the message:

PBS..Bad format or I/O error
Press almost any key to reboot...

BTW, when using a floppy to boot everything is
fine (that means I can login as glenda and explore
this new world...).

One more information: in the plan9 partition I
had previously OpenBSD installed (with its kernel
within the 1st 1000 cyls of the hd. Booting was
never a problem). 

Any help anyone?

And something more: is it possible to use history
and command completion with rc?

While I'm at it: is it possible to emulate the
middle button on a 2-button-mouse?

-- 
M. Giegerich, mail: migieger@vsnl.com, phone: +91.(0)80.5530154