From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:26:10 +0800 From: "Hongzheng Wang" To: "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: <47BC4402.3020904@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <643094a4bf94a16f15d8ff7bddfccff1@csplan9.rit.edu> <47BC4402.3020904@gmx.de> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5c912d2c-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Using another new network card shoule be ok. But extra cost is needed :P On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Kernel Panic wrote: > Hongzheng Wang wrote: > > >Hi John, > > > >Many thanks. Your tip, zeroing the partition mannually first, may > >answer the strange thing I encountered during installation. And, I > >also prefer to native running Plan9. But an installation without > >workable ethernet is quite unacceptable. So I might try the method > >Eric recommended first. Alternatively, I will try to config the > >previously installed Plan9 to be a CPU server. > > > > > > > is this nic integrated into the mainboard or can it be replaced (some sort > of mini pci slot)? maybe a pcmcia network card will do? > > cinap > -- HZ