> I copied the 9load from the very old floppy (15-Feb-2002) to /n/9fat and > now I can boot the system from the hard disk. Maybe "in the future" > I'll dig around and try to find why the recent 9load won't load on this > system.
9load is certainly getting flakier in its dotage. I can't recall the details, but I certainly have a 9load-triggered boot problem of my own that I'm hoping to explore and fix soon. ++L