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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] IDE socketed FLASH memory
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:04:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7471a8eb9098f6bf6802cb0fd3cd06d@quanstro.net> (raw)

> I can read and write the entire image using dd(1), irrespective of
> geometry and I have used disksim to build an image using the second
> geometry, but installing this on the flash has not made it possible to
> boot a Plan 9 kernel.

the fact that you can dd but can't boot a kernel hints that
the problem might not be with the ide flash.

could you explain more about what happens when you try
to boot from this device?

is it possible that you have a machine with boot sector anti-virus
protection?

- erik



             reply	other threads:[~2008-08-23 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-23 19:04 erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-08-23 19:36 ` ron minnich
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-23 14:27 lucio

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