From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3312b7aa6904095aa1028e80e6ebcdc4@brasstown.quanstro.net> References: <512561bcb7da2_1f275e9f138146@a4-weasel7.tmail> <3312b7aa6904095aa1028e80e6ebcdc4@brasstown.quanstro.net> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:25:35 +0100 Message-ID: From: Gorka Guardiola To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] cold boot installation of Plan 9 on a eeepc 701 :( Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1d7482ba-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:49 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > iirc, 9boot doesn't use floppy emulation, but > it might then need cdfs. i haven't tried this, > so someone who has should speak up. :-) It does not have a floppy. You do not need cdfs for loading. The mbr is in the first sector like in a hard disk and it is anotated where the 9load is when creating the filesystem. There is a 9fat file in the iso called bootdisk.img in the root directory. The loader knows enough to get to it, and then gets the kernel. G.