From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] An unsuccessful attempt to install on Thinkpad T43 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:35:51 -0500 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <32d987d50802200729h39fb23a6g663b27e14ee5beb5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5cec5b0c-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I got a tullip clone for less than US$ 5 > > On Feb 20, 2008 12:26 PM, Hongzheng Wang wrote: >> 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 >> > If we're still talking about a Thinkpad T43, your average cheap/free 100Mbit card isn't going to cut it. I'm partial to the 3Com Etherlink cards myself, since they seem to be very plentiful and very cheap (or free). Laptops are a tricky business. If you can get an orinoco wireless card, that ought to work well provided you don't need WPA. John