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 14828 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2022 05:23:40 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jul 2022 05:23:40 -0000 Received: from maat.thinktankworkspaces.com ([45.79.94.76]) by 9front; Mon Jul 18 01:20:47 -0400 2022 Message-ID: <7CF9A5DEBAE76ABA7428DBF5908186EB@thinktankworkspaces.com> To: 9front@9front.org Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:20:46 -0700 From: william@thinktankworkspaces.com In-Reply-To: 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: compliant advanced injection database Subject: Re: [9front] Free Carrots #5: MNT Reform Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk 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. > >