From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ron minnich To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] pcf config file ... In-Reply-To: <20031025154056.1719919B41@mail.cse.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:27:30 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 78703f94-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Anel Philippe wrote: > It's seems there is a problem with the installation > cd. I have not seen that. I have been installing a lot with that cd lately, as I keep screwing up -- er, I mean, I keep learning by doing. My latest install happened when I had it all working and ... the IBM travelstar died (click .. click .. click .. click) At this point I've made every possible mistake you can make on installs, you betcha, and this is one problem I have not seen. > I can't use the kernel I've compiled. > 1- install the cd (using text/instonly because > my radeon isn't supported yet :) ). > 2- reboot > 3- log as 'sys' > 4- cd /sys/src/9/pc > 5- mk 'CONF=pcf' > 6- 9fat: > 7- cp 9pcf /n/9fat/9pcf2 > 8- add bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcf2 to plan9.ini > 9- reboot > 10- use 9pcf2 kernel Weird, I did exactly this step and it worked fine. I could send you the pcf I have built to see if you have the same problem. When you say 'clean install', what precisely was on that disk before you did the install? and, did the install procedure ask you about writing the MBR? ron