You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz.
Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it.
Thanks,
Lucho
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert <b...@flyingwalrus.net> wrote:
> ya, that would be great
> On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote:
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>> Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports
>> booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes
>> in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in
>> trying it I can try to find it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lucho
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <st...@quintile.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso file
>>> in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file there
>>> and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source for the
>>> full install.
>>>
>>> A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally this
>>> comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which contains a
>>> floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be able to
>>> do
>>> some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard disk,
>>> though this is going to get painful.
>>>
>>> Maybe somone else can think of some other technique.
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
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