From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.24.0.100205 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:03:54 +0800 From: Michael Arnold To: <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3355509841_1096676" Subject: [9fans] Almost immediate ISO Boot Failure Topicbox-Message-UUID: 14a7e34a-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3355509841_1096676 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Booting from the CR-ROM ISO download on 28 April and get the following: PSB1... Plan 9 from Bell Labs ELCR:0E28 Clockinit...alarminit...meminit...spollo...pcimatch...kbdinit...plan9.ini probe...probing floppy...probing floppy...probing BIOS...probing BIOS...islba:drive 0X80 extensions version 48.0 cx 0x5 extgetsize:drive 0x80 info flags 0x1 bios0:drive 0x80 160,000,000,000 bytes, type 3 islba:drive 0x81 extensions version 48.0 cx 0x5 extgetsize:drive 0x80 info flags 0x1 bios 1: drive 0x81: 500,107,862,016 bytes, type 3 And all activity seems to stop with cursor blinking. Keyboard unresponsive to CTL-R. System is a dell precision 390; In BIOS, CR-ROM drive is Primary IDE Master= . As both keyboard and mouse are usb devices thought I=B9d modify plan.ini, but not sure which of the iso=B9s plan9.ini=B9s to modify: /sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini? Some additional info on the hardware: - CD Rom - Philips DVD+-RW DVD8801 ATA Device - IDE Controller is an Intel 82801G (ICH7 family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers =AD 27D7F, PCI Bus 0,IRQ: 0x0000000E (14) - IDE Controller is also an Intel 82801GR/GH SATA ACHI Controller, PCI Bus 0, IRQ: 0x00000012 (20) - USB controller is Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) - Screen card is a Nvidia Quadro NVS 285, PCI Bus location 1, IRQ: 16 (another reason to modify plan9.ini) - 2 SATA HDD, SATA0=3D160gig, SATA3=3D500,00gig (as above) - uses GRUB --B_3355509841_1096676 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Almost immediate ISO Boot Failure
Booting from the CR-ROM ISO download on 28 April and get the following:

PSB1...
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
ELCR:0E28
Clockinit...alarminit...meminit...spollo...pcimatch...kbdinit...plan9.ini p= robe...probing floppy...probing floppy...probing BIOS...probing BIOS...islba= :drive 0X80 extensions version 48.0 cx 0x5
extgetsize:drive 0x80 info flags 0x1
bios0:drive 0x80 160,000,000,000 bytes, type 3
islba:drive 0x81 extensions version 48.0 cx 0x5
extgetsize:drive 0x80 info flags 0x1
bios 1: drive 0x81: 500,107,862,016 bytes, type 3

And all activity seems to stop with cursor blinking.  Keyboard unrespo= nsive to CTL-R.

System is a dell precision 390; In BIOS, CR-ROM drive is Primary IDE Master= .

As both keyboard and mouse are usb devices thought I’d modify plan.in= i, but not sure which of the iso’s plan9.ini’s to modify: /sys/l= ib/dist/pc/plan9.ini?

Some additional info on the hardware:
- CD Rom - Philips DVD+-RW DVD8801 ATA Device
- IDE Controller is an Intel 82801G (ICH7 family) Ultra ATA Storage Control= lers – 27D7F, PCI Bus 0,IRQ: 0x0000000E (14)
- IDE Controller is also an Intel 82801GR/GH SATA ACHI Controller, PCI Bus = 0, IRQ: 0x00000012 (20)
- USB controller is Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family)
- Screen card is a Nvidia Quadro NVS 285, PCI Bus location 1, IRQ: 16 (anot= her reason to modify plan9.ini)
-  2 SATA HDD, SATA0=3D160gig, SATA3=3D500,00gig (as above)
- uses GRUB --B_3355509841_1096676--