Re: [9front] Free Carrots #5: MNT Reform

[william@thinktankworkspaces.com]

okay new problem. I think this is where I need to manually copy over the boot files etc.

9reform.u and boot.scr


Setup Plan 9 FAT boot partition (9fat)

Plan 9 FAT partition (/dev/sdU7b121/9fat)[/dev/sdU7b121/9fat]: 
usage: basename [-d] string [suffix]
% dd -bs 512 -count 1 -if /dev/sdU7b121/9fat -of /tmp/pbs.bak
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
Initializing Plan 9 FAT partition.
% disk/format -r 2 -d -b /n/newfs/386/pbs -l PLAN9 /dev/sdU7b121/9fat
format: open /n/newfs/386/pbs: '/n/newfs/386/pbs' does not exist
% mount -c /srv/dos /n/9fat /dev/sdU7b121/9fat
mount: mount /n/9fat: unknown format
% rm -f /n/9fat/9bootfat /n/9fat/plan9.ini
% cp /n/newfs/386/9bootfat /n/9fat/9bootfat
cp: can't stat /n/newfs/386/9bootfat: '/n/newfs/386/9bootfat' does not exist
% chmod +al /n/9fat/9bootfat
chmod: can't stat /n/9fat/9bootfat: '/n/9fat/9bootfat' does not exist
% cp /tmp/plan9.ini /n/9fat/plan9.ini
cp: can't create /n/9fat/plan9.ini: '/n/9fat/plan9.ini' create prohibited
./bootsetup:96: null list in concatenation

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Preparing menu...
The following tasks are done: 
	configfs	- choose the type of file system to install
	partdisk	- edit partition tables (e.g., to create a plan 9 partition)
	prepdisk	- subdivide plan 9 disk partition
	mountfs	- choose and mount file system partition
	configdist	- choose the source of the distribution archive
	confignet	- configure the network
	mountdist	- locate and mount the distribution
	copydist	- copy the distribution into the file system
	ndbsetup	- setup network configuration
	tzsetup	- choose time zone

The following unfinished tasks are ready to be done:
	bootsetup	- configure hard disk to boot plan 9

Task to do [bootsetup]: 


Quoth william@thinktankworkspaces.com:
> OMG I'm sorry 
> 
> I really thought you had to pick one of those USB drives like it was the one listed
> 
> its doing it I think. I was to narrowly focused on the usb device thinking it had to be this specific image 
> that I downloaded and just not realizing / would pull from the local file system 
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Please wait... Scanning storage devices...
> 	/dev/sdM0/data
> 	/dev/sdM0/dos
> 	/dev/sdM0/fs
> 	/dev/sdU7b121/9fat
> 	/dev/sdU7b121/data
> 	/dev/sdU7b121/fs
> 	/dev/sdU7b1211/data
> 	/dev/sdU7b1211/dos
> 
> The following storage media were detected.
> Choose the one containing the distribution.
> 
> 	/dev/sdM0/dos (microsoft fat)
> 	/dev/sdU7b1211/dos (microsoft fat)
> 
> Distribution disk (/dev/sdM0/dos, /dev/sdU7b1211/dos, /dev/sdU7b121/fs, /)[no default]: /
> % mount /srv/boot /n/distmedia
> 
> Which directory contains the distribution?
> Any of the following will suffice (in order of preference):
> 	- the root directory of the cd image
> 	- the directory containing 9front.iso
> 	- the directory containing 9front.iso.bz2
> 
> Location of archives [/]: 
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> Preparing menu...
> The following tasks are done: 
> 	configfs	- choose the type of file system to install
> 	partdisk	- edit partition tables (e.g., to create a plan 9 partition)
> 	prepdisk	- subdivide plan 9 disk partition
> 	mountfs	- choose and mount file system partition
> 	configdist	- choose the source of the distribution archive
> 	confignet	- configure the network
> 	mountdist	- locate and mount the distribution
> 
> The following unfinished tasks are ready to be done:
> 	copydist	- copy the distribution into the file system
> 	tzsetup	- choose time zone
> 
> Task to do [copydist]: 
> 
> --------------------------------------
> processing /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/allproto
> 
> 
> 
> Quoth ori@eigenstate.org:
> > Quoth william@thinktankworkspaces.com:
> > > 
> > > But the installer just doesn't recognize the xxxx-reform.img renamed to 9front.iso on the fat32 sd2-usb-drive. 
> > > So I get stuck.
> > 
> > Yes, it's a usb disk image, not an iso.
> > 
> > You don't need to give it an image, a running system is
> > enough. Just enter / for the path to the distmedia.
> > 
> > 
> 
>