Re: [9fans] install problems

[Arvindh Rajesh Tamilmani <arvindht@gmail.com>]

I got a fossil-only standalone system (PC with Intel 865G chipset)
running successfully with Nov 13 ISO.

1) While installing from CD, after "init: starting /bin/rc" message, I got

	echo: write error: bad process or channel control request

twice. I guess this is because of 'echo rwm on' to CDROM's /dev/sd*/ctl in
/sys/lib/dist/pc/sub/termrc.

2) When the installation prompts for 'use DMA for ide drives[yes]:', answering
"no" doesn't turn off DMA.  Looks like /sys/lib/dist/pc/sub/termrc/termrc:22
turns on DMA well before this prompt.

3) copydist failed in the same way described by Andrey.

> cacheLocalData: addr=229 type got 0 exp 0: tag got 0 exp 50dd4ff
> cacheLocalData: addr=229 type got 0 exp 0: tag got 0 exp 50dd4ff
> cacheLocalData: addr=229 type got 0 exp 0: tag got 0 exp 50dd4ff
> cacheLocalData: addr=229 type got 0 exp 0: tag got 0 exp 50dd4ff
> cacheLocalData: addr=229 type got 0 exp 0: tag got 0 exp 3e9d4a9b
> replica/applylog: appending to db: block label mismatch

I had monitor set to vesa at this point.  When I retried the
installation with monitor set to xga, copydist was successful (with a
few 'entire cache is busy; cache is okay again' messages).

When I tried Plan 9 installation a few months back (July), I had
display problems with the official ISO.  plan9vesa.iso worked (with
monitor set to xga; I didn't try monitor=vesa then).

4) fmtfossil gives the following error messages, but the installation
is not affected.

> Reformat /dev/sdC0/fossil (yes, no)[no]: yes
> test: unknown operator memory
> test: unknown operator memory
> test: unknown operator memory
> Done.

Probably, /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/fmtfossil:61 should be changed to
		n=`{cat /dev/swap | grep user | sed 's/^[0-9]+\/([0-9]+) .*/\1/'}
in line with recent change (on 2005/10/31) to /sys/src/9/port/devcons.c:893

[I am new to Plan 9.  Hope I didn't misinterpret any of the
installation messages.]

Thanks,
Arvindh