Re: [9fans] accesing a local fossil

[Robert Raschke <rrplan9@tombob.com>]

Hi,Ezequiel

you wrote:
> I did just that, I first listed to find all fossils:
> 
> ls /dev/sd*/foosil
> 
> which gave me /dev/sdC0 twise
> 
> Then:
> 
> % fossil/fossil -f /dev/sdC0/fossil -c 'srv -APW open' -c 'srv -p fscons'
> % mount /srv/open /n/open
> 
> But there was no /n/open/active. In /n/open there was I filesystem very
> similar to the one on the CD but with some files missing and different date
> signatures.
> When I tried to cp some file  there:
> 
> can't create "/n/open/PLAN9.INI" : mounted directory forbids creation
> 

You won't want to copy plan9.ini to your fossil file system.  You want
to copy (or edit) plan9.ini on your 9fat partition.  This will have
been set up during the CD installation.

Once you have booted (in some fashion or other) you should be able to do
; 9fat:
; cd /n/9fat

and now see your plan9.ini and any kernels that you may want to boot
directly from your HD. (9fat: is a script in /rc/bin)

I hope this might point you into the right direction.  The man pages
for booting ( plan9.ini(8), 9load(8), booting(8), boot(8) and some
more you can get to from them) are little bit hard to understand, as
they have extremely high informational content, but I can recommend
going through them at regular intervals.

> I had installed plan 9 using the option 1 of the CD and the 9pccd.gz in it
> to run the instalation system. I am sure it installed, there were no errors
> during the process and the progress bar took some time. When I boot I get
> these 3 final lines:
> 
> using sdC0!9fat!plan9.ini
> Boot devices: fd0 ether0 sdC0!9fat
> boot from:
> 
> Then I tried sdC0!9fat!9pcdisk.gz but: error walking to 9pcdisk.gz

Maybe your 9fat partition doesn't have that particular kernel?

> So, there is a plan 9 system installed, but I can not access it because the
> plan9.ini is not well configured or does not mention the proper kernel file.
> I can not depend on the floppy because it does not have vesa driver on it so
> rio won't start. That's why I am trying to create or modify a plan9.ini file
> on the instalation using the cd demo system.
> Is it at all possible to do this? I mean, accesing the just installed system
> using the CD demo and modifying or copying the plan9.ini file?
> In case it is, why can't I write on the mounted fossil?
> where should I put (or look for in order to modify) the plan9.ini on the
> disk?
> The booting system finds it on sdC0!9fat!plan9.ini
> But I can't find it on the mounted fossil.

Hope this helps a little,
Robby