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=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17875 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2022 05:51:11 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jul 2022 05:51:11 -0000 Received: from maat.thinktankworkspaces.com ([45.79.94.76]) by 9front; Mon Jul 18 01:49:11 -0400 2022 Message-ID: <5D650963004140B2B9B16C5B940A06DE@thinktankworkspaces.com> To: 9front@9front.org Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:49:09 -0700 From: william@thinktankworkspaces.com In-Reply-To: <7CF9A5DEBAE76ABA7428DBF5908186EB@thinktankworkspaces.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: overflow-preventing transactional AJAX over AJAX hypervisor-based base Subject: Re: [9front] Free Carrots #5: MNT Reform Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk 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 -------------------------------------- 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. > > > > > >