* [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help @ 2009-03-01 5:57 Ben Calvert 2009-03-01 13:27 ` Steve Simon 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-01 5:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans the install_notes page mentions that you can install with a local fat partition, but doesn't give any particulars. I'll be happy to put together a wiki page if someone can walk me through the procedure thanks, Ben ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-01 5:57 [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-01 13:27 ` Steve Simon 2009-03-01 22:45 ` Latchesar Ionkov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Steve Simon @ 2009-03-01 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso file in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file there and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source for the full install. A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally this comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which contains a floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be able to do some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard disk, though this is going to get painful. Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. -Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-01 13:27 ` Steve Simon @ 2009-03-01 22:45 ` Latchesar Ionkov 2009-03-01 23:14 ` Federico G. Benavento 2009-03-02 6:37 ` Ben Calvert 0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Latchesar Ionkov @ 2009-03-01 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in trying it I can try to find it. Thanks, Lucho On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote: > You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso file > in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file there > and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source for the > full install. > > A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally this > comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which contains a > floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be able to do > some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard disk, > though this is going to get painful. > > Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. > > -Steve > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-01 22:45 ` Latchesar Ionkov @ 2009-03-01 23:14 ` Federico G. Benavento 2009-03-02 15:37 ` Latchesar Ionkov 2009-03-02 6:37 ` Ben Calvert 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Federico G. Benavento @ 2009-03-01 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> wrote: > Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports > booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes > in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in > trying it I can try to find it. > what do you do when you have to point where fossil is to the kernel? -- Federico G. Benavento ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-01 23:14 ` Federico G. Benavento @ 2009-03-02 15:37 ` Latchesar Ionkov 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Latchesar Ionkov @ 2009-03-02 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs The image that I have is equivalent to the Plan9 floppy disk. You need to have the content of the distribution copied somewhere on the hard disk, or install from the network. Thanks, Lucho On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Federico G. Benavento <benavento@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> wrote: >> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports >> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes >> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in >> trying it I can try to find it. >> > what do you do when you have to point where fossil is to the kernel? > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-01 22:45 ` Latchesar Ionkov 2009-03-01 23:14 ` Federico G. Benavento @ 2009-03-02 6:37 ` Ben Calvert 2009-03-03 16:06 ` Latchesar Ionkov 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-02 6:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs ya, that would be great On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports > booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes > in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in > trying it I can try to find it. > > Thanks, > Lucho > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> > wrote: >> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso >> file >> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file >> there >> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source >> for the >> full install. >> >> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally >> this >> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which >> contains a >> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be >> able to do >> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard >> disk, >> though this is going to get painful. >> >> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. >> >> -Steve >> >> >> > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-02 6:37 ` Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-03 16:06 ` Latchesar Ionkov 2009-03-04 18:32 ` Ben Calvert 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Latchesar Ionkov @ 2009-03-03 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz. Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it. Thanks, Lucho On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert <ben@flyingwalrus.net> wrote: > ya, that would be great > On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > >> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports >> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes >> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in >> trying it I can try to find it. >> >> Thanks, >> Lucho >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote: >>> >>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso file >>> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file there >>> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source for the >>> full install. >>> >>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally this >>> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which contains a >>> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be able to >>> do >>> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard disk, >>> though this is going to get painful. >>> >>> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> >>> >> > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-03 16:06 ` Latchesar Ionkov @ 2009-03-04 18:32 ` Ben Calvert 2009-03-04 19:06 ` Ben Calvert 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-04 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs trying now... On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz. > > Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it. > > Thanks, > Lucho > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert <ben@flyingwalrus.net> > wrote: >> ya, that would be great >> On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: >> >>> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports >>> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes >>> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in >>> trying it I can try to find it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Lucho >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the >>>> plan9.iso file >>>> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file >>>> there >>>> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source >>>> for the >>>> full install. >>>> >>>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, >>>> normally this >>>> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which >>>> contains a >>>> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be >>>> able to >>>> do >>>> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard >>>> disk, >>>> though this is going to get painful. >>>> >>>> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. >>>> >>>> -Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help 2009-03-04 18:32 ` Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-04 19:06 ` Ben Calvert 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Ben Calvert @ 2009-03-04 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs ok - this boots and launches into the installer. I need to back track and free up some disk space, I'll report back when i've accomplished that Ben On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Ben Calvert wrote: > trying now... > On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > >> You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz. >> >> Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it. >> >> Thanks, >> Lucho >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert <ben@flyingwalrus.net> >> wrote: >>> ya, that would be great >>> On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: >>> >>>> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports >>>> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small >>>> changes >>>> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in >>>> trying it I can try to find it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Lucho >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the >>>>> plan9.iso file >>>>> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file >>>>> there >>>>> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source >>>>> for the >>>>> full install. >>>>> >>>>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, >>>>> normally this >>>>> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which >>>>> contains a >>>>> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be >>>>> able to >>>>> do >>>>> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your >>>>> hard disk, >>>>> though this is going to get painful. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique. >>>>> >>>>> -Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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