Re: [9fans] Suggestion: Programming Tutorial for /sys/doc

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> The new 9load works on all the machines I was able to test it on,
> including booting from USB flash disks and SATA disks, in AHCI and
> non-AHCI modes.  The only way it's going to work for more people is if
> the community at large uses it and helps me to understand why it
> doesn't work on particular machines.

i think the new 9load is a good idea and it's nice to have more booting
options.

the problem is no actual testing is going on.  when folks can't get
the livecd booting, that's pretty much the end of the road for them.
there are very limited debugging options and there is very little 
useful information gained from the failure.

> Although the BIOS booting code is generating the most error messages,
> the panics are likely due to interactions with AHCI.

i believe none of machines with reported failures in the past day
have ahci support.  (qemu, nforce 55)  also, the machines seem to
be failing when accessing the cdrom which should be accessable in
legacy mode.

anyway, what is the answer for folks who are having problems with
the current livecd?

- erik