From: "Rubén Berenguel" <ruben@mostlymaths.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 64-bit usb boot environment
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:53:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk2O6p+JX6f_H4ycjuaa1sDXgURCWiWBoh+Oq8nynjKZqHY4g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <167d2d7f07d071a5b4928b9ddb9d0406@ladd.quanstro.net>
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Erik, quick question:
how can I go about getting it into one of my USB drives (if possible a
method without needing a working P9, because all I have are virtual
machines and I think they are in my other computer) and testing some of my
"I'd like P9 here but installing got f*ed up"? I think every time I have
tried it something or other has either made it non boot, or pretty similar
(plug, reboot, nothing, repeat)
Thanks,
Ruben
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 6:48 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:
> this isn't perfect, or complete, but there is a minimal
> 64-bit and/or 386/pae usb boot environment here
> http://ftp.quanstro.net/other/usbtest.bz2. it's only 10mb,
> so it should be a quick download. the reason
> for building this was to quickly debug a system that wouldn't
> install, but it might be interesting to try out.
>
> a few random notes and gotchas:
>
> 0. with dhcp, one can get to get to the full distribution with:
> ip/ipconfig && ndb/dns && 9fs atom
>
> 1. you will find the usb boot device @ /dev/sdu0, a loopback
> device.
>
> 2. there is a bug in kfs (patched in 9atom; patch submitted to
> sources) to be aware of. so be careful if using tools from
> sources on 64-bit kernels.
>
> 3. finally, there's (by plan 9 standards) quite a bit of acpi support
> in the 64-bit kernel. power events have been somewhat rashly
> turned on, and may cause trouble.
>
> as always, i'd be interested in any reports of success or failure.
>
> - erik
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-21 4:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-21 4:48 erik quanstrom
2013-10-21 4:53 ` Rubén Berenguel [this message]
2013-10-21 4:57 ` erik quanstrom
2013-10-21 8:07 ` john francis lee
2013-10-21 18:50 ` Gabriel Diaz
2013-10-21 10:12 ` john francis lee
2013-10-21 18:51 ` gdiaz
2013-10-21 13:12 ` erik quanstrom
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