* [9fans] (no subject)
@ 2004-06-22 20:43 Pete
2004-06-22 23:14 ` [9fans] CD install help Eli Collins
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From: Pete @ 2004-06-22 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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* [9fans] CD install help
2004-06-22 20:43 [9fans] (no subject) Pete
@ 2004-06-22 23:14 ` Eli Collins
2004-06-23 8:44 ` Steve Simon
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From: Eli Collins @ 2004-06-22 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I'm having trouble installing from a CD. I'm stuck at the 'Distribution
disk [no default]' prompt during the mountdist step. The following storage
media were detected:
/dev/sdC0/9fat
/dev/sdC0/data
/dev/sdC0/fossil
/dev/sdC0/nvram
/dev/sdC0/swap
/dev/sdD0/cdboot
/dev/sdD0/data
Entering any of these at the prompt results in the message 'Unknown disk
type (cannot happen)'. This message originates from the mountdist script
but does not make sense to me. At this point the installer sometimes lets
me have another go at the prompt but often just hangs. I first tried
/dev/sdD0/data as it seems appropriate but none of the above storage media
work. I can run successfully run Plan 9 off the CD.
Any ideas?
eli
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* Re: [9fans] CD install help
2004-06-22 23:14 ` [9fans] CD install help Eli Collins
@ 2004-06-23 8:44 ` Steve Simon
2004-06-23 17:08 ` Eli Collins
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From: Steve Simon @ 2004-06-23 8:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Given these choices I would expect you to pick /dev/sdD0/data
Did you enter the path to the disk exactly '/dev/sdD0/data' ?
>From my reading of the code I think you will get this
cannot happen error message if you enter a device which
is not one of those listed.
the devices: /dev/sdC0/9fat /dev/sdC0/data /dev/sdC0/fossil
/dev/sdC0/nvram /dev/sdC0/swap are those you just created on your disk.
/dev/sdD0/cdboot is the bootstrap psudo-floppy on the CDROM that allows
it to be a boot device.
/dev/sdD0/data is the filesystem that conatins the plan9 filesystem
image (assuming you are booting from the bootable iso distribution).
Perhaps you have an old distribution image? I did exactly this
yesterday and it all went faultlessly.
-Steve
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* Re: [9fans] CD install help
2004-06-23 8:44 ` Steve Simon
@ 2004-06-23 17:08 ` Eli Collins
2004-06-23 17:34 ` andrey mirtchovski
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From: Eli Collins @ 2004-06-23 17:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
thank you for the reply.
> Did you enter the path to the disk exactly '/dev/sdD0/data' ?
yes, several times. careful to use sdD0 and not sdDO.
> Perhaps you have an old distribution image? I did exactly this
i got the latest iso this morning, same results.
some extra info... modified mountdist to echo Unknown disk type "$disk"
and the message becomes
Unknown disk type "/dev/sdD0/data"
eli
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