From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <046fa64ab04b1609f35fc9a62fc135c4@quintile.net> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:06:09 -0700 Message-ID: From: Latchesar Ionkov To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help Topicbox-Message-UUID: aca6fd54-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 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, >> =A0 Lucho >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon wrote: >>> >>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso fil= e >>> 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 th= e >>> full install. >>> >>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally thi= s >>> 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 t= o >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> > > >