From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rub=E9n_Berenguel?= Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:06:35 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bdc8f5c975a3b04d9621673 Subject: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3cb22a92-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --047d7bdc8f5c975a3b04d9621673 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, I'm wondering if I can get a somewhat working native Plan9 installation in any of my "spare" machines. They would be (in order of more sparey to less sparey) Acer Aspire One (ZG5) Acer TravelMate 4001 LMi Acer Aspire 5865 WLMi (or something similar, quoting from memory) Intel Macbook (Early 2008 IIRC) I don't ask for much: USB support and some networking support (Wifi preferably, ethernet acceptable). I already have Plan9 installed in the Travelmate, but looks like neither the wireless card (an Intel, but not the recently released drivers on 9front) nor the ethernet card (Broadcom) are meant to work with Plan9, so no luck here as far as I can tell. I may be wrong, I'd be happy then :) I have tried USB booting the Aspire One, with no luck either. The 9legacy USB image hangs in the known "bios into real mode" something, the 9front usbboot procedure does not boot either. I get as far as mbr pbs ok, but nothing else. Hangs there, without reading from the USB. From some hints I've read here and there, it looks like it may boot, but can't tell how. I'd love this stupid little machine to have Plan9, native... So far it runs Arch with Fluxbox, which is a decent lightweight system. I have not tried the Aspire 5865 (yet) but I'm not any more hopeful it can work as the TravelMate does not work. I have not tried the Macbook either, since as a "last" resort I can run it in qemu with a kind of decent speed. Also, this is my work machine until I get a new one this week or the next Would any of these machines offer at least my requirements, which are basically "work"? I already have a Raspberry Pi with Plan9, works correctly but it's not as portable as I'd like (and my router is upstairs with no ethernet cabling towards where my TV sits...). Thanks, Ruben PS: I don't have any kind of love relation with Acers. The Travelmate was an old laptop I was given to see if I could use it for something, I bought the Aspire for a trip where I needed something lightweight and less valuable than my Mac, back in the day.) But they are not that bad: all still boot and work after the years :) --047d7bdc8f5c975a3b04d9621673 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all,=A0

I'm wondering if I can g= et a somewhat working native Plan9 installation in any of my "spare&qu= ot; machines. They would be (in order of more sparey to less sparey)
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Acer Aspire One (ZG5)
Acer TravelMate = 4001 LMi
Acer Aspire 5865 WLMi (or something similar, quoti= ng from memory)
Intel Macbook (Early 2008 IIRC)

I don't ask for much: USB support and some network= ing support (Wifi preferably, ethernet acceptable). I already have Plan9 in= stalled in the Travelmate, but looks like neither the wireless card (an Int= el, but not the recently released drivers on 9front) nor the ethernet card = (Broadcom) are meant to work with Plan9, so no luck here as far as I can te= ll. I may be wrong, I'd be happy then :)

I have tried USB booting the Aspire One, wi= th no luck either. The 9legacy USB image hangs in the known "bios into= real mode" something, the 9front usbboot procedure does not boot eith= er. I get as far as mbr pbs ok, but nothing else. Hangs there, without read= ing from the USB. From some hints I've read here and there, it looks li= ke it may boot, but can't tell how. I'd love this stupid little mac= hine to have Plan9, native... So far it runs Arch with Fluxbox, which is a = decent lightweight system.

I have not tried the Aspire 5865 (yet) but = I'm not any more hopeful it can work as the TravelMate does not work.= =A0

I have not tried the Macbook eithe= r, since as a "last" resort I can run it in qemu with a kind of d= ecent speed. Also, this is my work machine until I get a new one this week = or the next

Would any of these machines offer at least = my requirements, which are basically "work"? I already have a Ras= pberry Pi with Plan9, works correctly but it's not as portable as I'= ;d like (and my router is upstairs with no ethernet cabling towards where m= y TV sits...).

Thanks,

Ruben

PS: I don't have any kind = of love relation with Acers. The Travelmate was an old laptop I was given t= o see if I could use it for something, I bought the Aspire for a trip where= I needed something lightweight and less valuable than my Mac, back in the = day.) But they are not that bad: all still boot and work after the years :)=
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