[9fans] Install problem on sony laptop

[9fans] Install problem on sony laptop

[inyc163]

Hi,

I am having troubles installing plan9 on my pc and I hope to find help
here.
The machine is a sony vaio laptop from 1999 (model PFG), no network
card, not connected to anything.

Here are the symptoms:
I am able to boot from the floppy, then I am in the install 'rio'
screen.
There I am able to:
    configfs (I choose kfs)
    partdisk (one part., I want plan9 as the only os)
    prepdisk (9fat[100MB],nvram[512B],fs[5.45GB],swap[512MB]).
    mountfs : 
        I get the following message: 
            bad nvram key
            bad authentification id, domain
            setting up minimal user table
    configdist
        I choose local and then /dev/sdD0/data containing plan9.iso 
        (downloaded from the distribution site).

Then, I have the nice progress bar for the 'installing file system'
and it is _very_ slow: it took +6h to complete with the following
problem: I have a _lot_ of this:

    error reading Mj: I/O read error 

over and over...and then that is basically it. 

I would be grateful if anybody knew what could be the problem (and
remedy) here.

Thanks very much for your help.

Sincerely,

jj

PS: the same laptop was okay when installing linux.

Re: [9fans] Install problem on sony laptop

[Thomas Miller]

On Wed, 26 May 2004, inyc163 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having troubles installing plan9 on my pc and I hope to find help
> here.
> The machine is a sony vaio laptop from 1999 (model PFG), no network
> card, not connected to anything.
>
> Here are the symptoms:
> I am able to boot from the floppy, then I am in the install 'rio'
> screen.
> There I am able to:
>     configfs (I choose kfs)
>     partdisk (one part., I want plan9 as the only os)
>     prepdisk (9fat[100MB],nvram[512B],fs[5.45GB],swap[512MB]).
>     mountfs :=20
>         I get the following message:=20
>             bad nvram key
>             bad authentification id, domain
>             setting up minimal user table

Please google the 9fans archive.  This error
allegedly is both harmless and easily fixable.

>     configdist
>         I choose local and then /dev/sdD0/data containing plan9.iso=20
>         (downloaded from the distribution site).
>
> Then, I have the nice progress bar for the 'installing file system'
> and it is _very_ slow: it took +6h to complete with the following
> problem: I have a _lot_ of this:
>
>     error reading Mj: I/O read error=20
>
> over and over...and then that is basically it.=20

Bad install cd?

Can you try the install cd on another machine?

Try making another install cd?

Bad cd drive on the laptop?

>
> I would be grateful if anybody knew what could be the problem (and
> remedy) here.
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> jj
>
> PS: the same laptop was okay when installing linux.
>

Was the linux install cd made with the same
equipment and set up as whatever made the
plan9 install cd?

HTH,

Tom