From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8704 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2023 23:50:11 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Jul 2023 23:50:11 -0000 Received: from m5.chicago.il.us ([204.248.57.218]) by 9front; Wed Jul 26 19:48:46 -0400 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 To: 9front@9front.org Message-Id: <16904153310.4B25.89313@lsd.chicago.il.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: from "=?utf-8?q?Sigrid_Solveig_Hafl=C3=ADnud=C3=B3ttir?=" at Jul 26, 2023 09:51:11 pm From: "Jay F. Shachter" Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:48:51 -0500 (EDT) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: flexible property blockchain manager Subject: [9front] 9front Boots Into "No Config" -- The Most Bizarre Error Of Them All Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk Esteemed Colleagues: My recent attempts to install a working 9front system on my laptop computer have been astonishingly frustrating. At first, I could not perform an installation because the installer could not keep its sanity while connected to a USB keyboard that had USB ports on it. After disconnecting all USB devices except the one that contained the installation medium, I successfully made it thru an installation. Then I could not run the installed system, because I had made it too small (I thought 5G was enough, I was wrong). I prepared a 20G slice of disk, and successfully installed a working 9front system onto it. Now for the most bizarre and frustrating error of them all: the system has stopped working. It now boots into a "no config" screen. I have done nothing to the system, since I successfully installed it. I do not know 9front well enough to have done anything to it. I have installed other operating systems, but I have done nothing to the 9front system. It no longer boots. Moreover, I zeroed out the slice of disk on which it resides, and re-installed it. It still no longer boots. Moreover, I designated a different 20G slice of disk to be the one with the 0x39 description, installed onto that one, and that one doesn't boot, either. Instead, I see the following (there may be typographical errors, I am copying manually from the screen): pbs.................ok no config *e820=1 0x0000000000000000 0x000000000009d400 2 0x000000000009d400 0x00000000000 a0000 2 0x00000000000e0000 0x0000000000100000 1 0x0000000000100000 0x00000000200 00000 2 0x0000000020000000 0x0000000020200000 1 0x0000000020200000 0x00000000400 04000 2 0x0000000040004000 0x0000000040005000 1 0x0000000040005000 0x00000000c7f 0a000 2 0x00000000c7f0a000 0x00000000c8000000 1 0x00000000c8000000 0x00000000c87 53000 2 0x00000000c8753000 0x00000000c8800000 1 0x00000000c8800000 0x00000000c8f b2000 3 0x00000000c8fb2000 0x00000000c9000000 1 0x00000000c9000000 0x00000000ca6 fc000 4 0x00000000ca6fc000 0x00000000ca800000 1 0x00000000ca800000 0x00000000cbb 0f000 2 0x00000000cbb0f000 0x00000000cc7a7000 4 0x00000000cc7a7000 0x00000000cc7 ea000 1 0x00000000cc7ea000 0x00000000ccab0000 2 0x00000000ccab0000 0x00000000ccf f0000 1 0x00000000ccff0000 0x00000000cd000000 2 0x00000000cd800000 0x00000000cfa 00000 2 0x00000000f8000000 0x00000000fc000000 2 0x00000000fec00000 0x00000000fec 01000 2 0x00000000fed00000 0x00000000fed04000 2 0x00000000fed1c000 0x00000000fed 20000 2 0x00000000fee00000 0x00000000fee01000 2 0x00000000ff000000 0x00000001000 00000 1 0x0000000010000000 0x000000042e600000 > with a blinking underline cursor immediately to the right of the > symbol. I think this is how 9front always starts, except for the "no config" error and the > prompt, but I don't know for certain because when the system boots successfully the initial output flies off the screen too fast. When I installed 9front sucessfully, I accepted all the defaults, except for the machine name, which I changed from "circo" to "m5", and the timezone, which I changed from "US_Eastern" to "US_Central". I said "no" when asked whether to overwrite the MBR, and I said "no" when asked whether to make the partition bootable. When I reinstalled 9front, after my functioning system mysteriously stopped working, I did the same. It still didn't work. I reinstalled again and said "yes" to the bootable partition question. It still didn't work. How does a functioning 9front system suddenly stop working, with a "no config" error and an angle-bracket prompt? More important, how do I get it to work? As always, thank you in advance for any and all replies. Jay F. Shachter 6424 North Whipple Street Chicago IL 60645-4111 (1-773)7613784 landline (1-410)9964737 GoogleVoice jay@m5.chicago.il.us http://m5.chicago.il.us "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur"