From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] floppy install
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:28:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f87a64cc554f345587e08d2346ff6e2d@9netics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa11032f0705212129m343b4beeh8fa60adb40b392c8@mail.gmail.com>
> i got a new small laptop but it didnt own a cdrom drive or a internal
> network chip
> to do a network install. Is there a possibility to install plan9 over
> floppy disk?
it is possible to boot from a floppy, but there isn't a full distribution
on floppies.
curious; this is a *new* laptop that *does* have a floppy but has neither a
cdrom nor an ethernet port?
i'd look for a cheap cardbus network adaptor (one that is supported)
plan9 is much more interesting in a network.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-22 6:28 UTC|newest]
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2007-05-22 4:29 Moritz Lutz
2007-05-22 6:28 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
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