[9fans] Native Install P3 800 mhz INTEL

[jt@0xabadba.be]

Hello all,

    Firstly I would like to thank all of those on this list that have
helped me in #plan9.  Secondly I'm excited to work on getting plan9
work on my XO.

Finally, I'm trying to get plan9 (latest plan9.iso.bz2 from kix.in) to
work on my ancient p3 800mhz box.  I am currently stuck at boot -- but
it seems that there *is* progress!

1) Boots CD and shows this:

PBS1...
Plan9 from Bell Labs
ELCR: 0E40
bios0: drive 0x80: 80026361856 bytes, type 3
biosinit: sorry, only one bios drive; can't read last one
dev A0 port 1F0 config 0C5A capabilities 2F00 mwdma 0007 udma 203F
dev A0 port 170 config 85C0 capabilities 0F00 mwdma 0407
cpu0: 796MHz PentiumIII/Xeon loop 53436
apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=100 ebx=ef50 esi=ffff
Boot devices : fd0
boot from:

so from here I was recommended to try things like :
sdC0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz (nothing happens -- just returns to "boot from:")
sdC1!cdboot!9pcflop.gz (nothing happens -- just returns to "boot from:")
sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz **  unknown partition sdD0!cdboot   **
cdD1!cdboot!9pcflop.gz (nothing happens -- just returns to "boot from:")

so obviously in the 3rd one with sdD0 something else is happening.
The system says only fd0 is there (which i assume is a floppy drive --
the unit does have one)

any recommendations?

Thanks a lot and respectfully,

=jt

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james francis toy iv