From: "Navin Johnson" <navin.r.j@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Bootsetup will not create floppy
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:46:03 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7ec34790712090446r94a2d1aw8ac4a9a7d28cfe2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071209110107.GA1171@localhost.locahost.net>
On Dec 9, 2007 8:01 PM, Alasdair Reed <alasdair@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>
> I have successfully (?) installed plan 9 from the Live/installation CD .
> However Bootsetup will not create a boot floppy.
> Afer inserting a floppy in the drive and pressing 'enter' I get the following error message:
>
> ls /dev/sd0/cdboot '/dev/sdD0' file does not exist
> will not format non-floppy disk /dev/sdD0/cdboot
>
> My CD drive is sdC1 (primary slave) . So I guess that Bootsetup is unable to find the source file it needs to create the floppy .
> Is this assessment of the problem correct?
Yes.
> If so,
> How do I let Bootsetup know where my CD drive is?
It is hardcoded, so your current options are:
1) download and use a boot floppy from Bell Labs[1] site, or
2) move your CD to another IDE cable (i.e. primary master on another
cable) and go through the installation process again.
Regards,
Navin
[1] http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/download/plan9.flp.gz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-09 12:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-09 11:01 Alasdair Reed
2007-12-09 12:46 ` Navin Johnson [this message]
2007-12-09 13:09 ` erik quanstrom
2007-12-09 13:11 Joshua Wood
2007-12-11 12:21 ` Alasdair Reed
2007-12-11 15:21 ` Joshua Wood
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