[9fans] Re: New to Plan9

["M.Kollenaar" <M.Kollenaar@slo.nl>]

Hi Roy,

Have you visited: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/  ?

A lot of information.

Marcel

Roy Miller <e_n_d_e_r@hotmail.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
8nuq17$cdm$0@216.155.62.83...
> I'm new to Plan 9 and would like to know where to get some information.
I've already downloaded the boot disk and distribution package, but I can't
figure out how to configure it. I can't get rc to use a smaller font, I
can't figure out to use ftp or nfs. I can't even figure out how to give my
system a name. I plan on running Plan 9 standalone.
>
> Also, I can't seem to get the boot disk to work with any system I have
(except my laptop.) It freezes right after it detects the hdds (or at least
I think that's what it did.) All it prints is:
>
> PBS...Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> using fd0!dos!plan9.ini
> dev A0 port 1F0 config 427A capabilities 2F00 mwdma 0007 udma 0407
> dev B0 port 1F0 config 0040 capabilities 0B01 mwdma 0407
> dev B0 port 170 config 85C0 capabilities 2F00 mwdma 0007
>
> And then it freezes. The computer is a FIC 503+ w/ a K6-2 and an AGP
videocard. It runs FreeBSD, and has windows stuffed on the second hdd. I
have a similar system, however, but it only runs windows and has two video
cards. It boots fine, but complains about an unknown video card. I'll try to
modify the vgadb file later, but why should it boot and not the other?
>
> I have another laptop, it's an old 486 with an old floppy (can't use vfat
or ext2, must use fat or minix,) and it stops after this message:
>
> (...)
> kfs...boot: nop...kfs 6: suicide: sys trap: fault read addr=blah blah
pc=blahdidyblah
> boot: read not: file does not exist
> panic: boot process dies: unknown
> ktrace (...)
>
> Very confusing. Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --Roy Miller
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