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
>
>