Cool! On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM, <cinap_len...@gmx.de> wrote:
> 9load will be gone soon. muzgo and i are working on 9pcload wich will > use /dev/reboot to start the final kernel and use the native plan9 > drivers. 9pcload will itself be loaded by some simple bootblocks. we > have iso (el torito in non emulation mode - no floppy emulation) and > pxe working already. for harddisk here are lba and chs bootblocks > available that load 9pcload from a patchable lba offset and a multi > staged loader that will detect lba/chs automatically and is more > flexible on finding 9pcload is in the works. > > this terminal and my thinkpad are already network booted without any > 9load involvement! > > :) > > -- > cinap > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Steve Simon" <st...@quintile.net> > To: 9fans@9fans.net > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:02:09 +0000 > Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy" > I have been playing with an 2004 vintage P4 machine which > similarly hangs at probing floppy... but after a long time, > perhaps 30 secs it continues. > > Have you tried waiting for this long? > > Have you tried Erik's alternative distribution: > ftp://ftp.quanstro.net/other/plan9.iso.bz2 > > It has subtly different drivers and might suit your machine better. > > -Steve >
