From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:01:55 +0800 From: "Hongzheng Wang" To: "Eric Van Hensbergen" , "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] An unsuccessful attempt to install on Thinkpad T43 In-Reply-To: <1203349400.20792B8F@ea28.dngr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1203349400.20792B8F@ea28.dngr.org> Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5a46c2c0-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Thank you for your reply. I am not familiar with lguest. I browsed the documentation of lguest but cannot grasp the core idea yet. Is it something like vmware? On Feb 18, 2008 11:43 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > Since you are already running Linux, you may want to consider lguest - > it solves the Ethernet problem and does not incur perceivable > performance penalties in the T43. > > -eric > > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 6:55 am, Hongzheng Wang wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Today, I try to install Plan9 on a Thinkpad T43 laptop. > > Unforturnately, this attemp failed at last; there are some difficult, > > at least for me, problems I cannot solve. So I am composing this post > > to seek help. > > > > The cd image I used is Feb 16 built version, downloaded from Plan9's > > official website. It looks different from a previous version I used > > to install Plan9 on an old PC. For example, after booting machine > > with the cd, there are three options (install, livecd, and debug > > livecd) instead. > > > > The first problem I encountered is that DMA could not be enabled > > during installation, although I have explicitly enable it when I am > > asked. As a result, the copydisc task is executed so slow. > > Furthermore, it claims that some files cannot be copied since they > > don't exist. I try reinstall the system, but it seems that the > > installation procedure prefer to continuing previous installation. > > That is, it didn't try to recopy all files from cd and the missing > > warnings are still there. At last, I ignored them. > > > > For boot method, since I have both Linux and XP on my laptop already, > > I choose grub as multiple boot manager. That is, I select `plan9' as > > boot method when I am asked and don't install boot instructions into > > MBR. And configure grub to use `chainloader +1' to boot Plan9. > > > > After booting into Plan9, it always stops at `boot from:'. After some > > investigation, I found the problem is that the installation procedure > > didn't copy kernel image 9pcf at all without any prompts. This > > problem is solved by mannually copying /386/9pcf on cd to 9fat > > partition. But the system often reports certain files are missing. > > So I decide to reinstall the whole system. > > > > I manually delete the Plan9 partition and format fossil. So a fresh > > installation is eventually executed. Surprisingly, there are no > > missing files warning again. But when I try to boot it, the computer > > always reports: > > PCI System Error on Bus/Device/Function 0000h > > and crashes, while Linux and XP can still be booted through grub. I > > don't know why yet :( > > > > Another key problem is about the ethernet card. Thinkpad T43 uses > > Broadcom tg3 card and it seems that this card is not supported by > > Plan9 yet since Broadcom refuses to open its hardware > > specification(?). So it becomes so difficult to search for answers > > and information because I have to switch between Plan9 and Linux. > > > > That's all. Thanks. > > > > -- > > HZ > -- HZ