From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: Christian Grothaus <cgrothau@pollux.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Boot problem
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:57:22 +0000
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In article <20011122183448.E49EC199E7@mail.cse.psu.edu>, Russ Cox wrote:
[...]
> 	1. boot the install floppy
> 	2. instead of typing at the menus, draw a new window.
> 	3. run "disk/fdisk -p /dev/sdC0/data >/dev/sdC0/ctl"
> 		this sets up /dev/sdC0/dos, /dev/sdC0/plan9, etc.
> 	4. run "disk/prep -p /dev/sdC0/plan9 >/dev/sdC0/ctl"
> 		this sets up the partitions inside the plan9
> 		partition: /dev/sdC0/fs, /dev/sdC0/9fat, etc.
> 	5. run "disk/kfs -f /dev/sdC0/fs"
> 		this starts kfs
> 	6. run "mount /srv/kfs /n/kfs"
> 	7. poke around in /n/kfs

Thanks for these tips! I now understand a bit what's going
on when kfs is mounted. I think this is very useful to know
when boot problems arise, or for diagnostic purposes.

Thanks again!

Chris