Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On 01/01/2022, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: > I am simply grateful to see Plan 9 (4th edition),... and other distributions > have an > open-source license. There is comfort knowing we can modify and create. And the older stuff, since to my knowledge it wasn't otherwise available. Space war has already been brought into 9front. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mcb0dc4cf136251482ef97567 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 21:42, Lucio De Re wrote: [snip] > > Just my perspective. I'd like to hear how Vic sees this kind of cyber > archeology. Or anyone else's views, for that matter. I don't have much to say about cyber archeology. I am simply grateful to see Plan 9 (4th edition), 9front, 9legacy, and other distributions have an open-source license. There is comfort knowing we can modify and create. Best wishes for a prosperous and happy new year. Vester "Vic" Thacker -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M2f725dba508f6b7568a2d04e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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yeah, this mostly fits my experience. usable hardware has become virtually free. the result being that people throw them at me and i have so many computers that i can use a dedicated one for every little project. the only reason for me to ever consider newer gear (like rpi or modern thinkpads) is power efficiency. but i am able to hold out for the time being. i certainly think that running plan9 on classic hardware has been very enjoyable, esp. since the 9front bootloader fixed booting from all the IDE ports. you could say 9front is most classical plan9 bec. it boots. On 12/31/21, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 20:55, hiro wrote: >> what makes it enjoyable hardware? when is it classic? anything that's >> older than 10y or what? > > I suppose classic could be any x86 based computer system that came out > about the same time as Plan 9 fourth edition. Someone once referred to Plan > 9 fourth edition as being classic, so I borrowed the notion. > >> it's surely fun to install plan9 on a hundred random computers and get >> lucky and have everything work. but that's just not been my >> experience. >> >> so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware >> avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work. > > Having a used computer hardware store five minutes away which sells and buys > old hardware makes the pain of trial and error less painful. If something > does not work, just sell it back to the store. Intel desktop motherboards > circa 2003 work very well. I recently purchased an Intel motherboard with > CPU & CPU fan (1,000 yen), video card (1000 yen), a 400 Watt PSU (300 > yen), a CD-ROM (300 yen), and 1.5 GB of RAM (300 yen). A 1,000 yen is > approximately $8.69 USD for those reading this. Also, I purchased a > complete, working Dell workstation (2003) for 1,000 yen that works well as a > terminal. With hardware this inexpensive, my primary concern has been to > ensure that I can back up and restore data. > >> just curious what kind of "classic" you're going for, i wasn't trying >> to chastise you. IDE isn't *that* old either. we have other people >> playing with pdp emulators. > > Yes, Dennis was kind enough to give me and another fellow working on the > Simh emulator a copy of 8th Edition UNIX labeled TAPE. Good times. > >> in my experience with those expensive energy prices where i live the >> only thing expensive would be if you keep a lot of PCs running at the >> same time 24/7. > > In Kanagawa prefecture (Japan) where I live, energy prices are expensive > during the day and slightly less expensive during the late evening hours. > With three machines, firewall, and switch, running 24/7, the cost of > electricity has been about 5,000 yen extra a month to run a Plan 9 system. > > There are many reasons why I find Plan 9 enjoyable. Every time someone asks, > I seem to give yet another reason as to why. The cost of getting started, > the return on investment, the challenge, the sense of accomplishment of > writing a book with acme, helping others get their Plan 9 system up and > running to name a few reasons. Also, I enjoy writing other Plan 9 users and > asking for advice and coming away with the feeling of camaraderie between > long-time Plan 9 users. I've met a lot of great people along the way. Many > of my friends (Plan 9 users) have since passed away, but the memories of > them remain. I suppose using Plan 9 reminds me of happier times when I use > it. > > 明けましておめでとうございます。 > Happy New Year, > > Vester "Vic" Thacker -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M59f7cfa81771a4924f4db915 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 20:55, hiro wrote: > what makes it enjoyable hardware? when is it classic? anything that's > older than 10y or what? I suppose classic could be any x86 based computer system that came out about the same time as Plan 9 fourth edition. Someone once referred to Plan 9 fourth edition as being classic, so I borrowed the notion. > it's surely fun to install plan9 on a hundred random computers and get > lucky and have everything work. but that's just not been my > experience. > > so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware > avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work. Having a used computer hardware store five minutes away which sells and buys old hardware makes the pain of trial and error less painful. If something does not work, just sell it back to the store. Intel desktop motherboards circa 2003 work very well. I recently purchased an Intel motherboard with CPU & CPU fan (1,000 yen), video card (1000 yen), a 400 Watt PSU (300 yen), a CD-ROM (300 yen), and 1.5 GB of RAM (300 yen). A 1,000 yen is approximately $8.69 USD for those reading this. Also, I purchased a complete, working Dell workstation (2003) for 1,000 yen that works well as a terminal. With hardware this inexpensive, my primary concern has been to ensure that I can back up and restore data. > just curious what kind of "classic" you're going for, i wasn't trying > to chastise you. IDE isn't *that* old either. we have other people > playing with pdp emulators. Yes, Dennis was kind enough to give me and another fellow working on the Simh emulator a copy of 8th Edition UNIX labeled TAPE. Good times. > in my experience with those expensive energy prices where i live the > only thing expensive would be if you keep a lot of PCs running at the > same time 24/7. In Kanagawa prefecture (Japan) where I live, energy prices are expensive during the day and slightly less expensive during the late evening hours. With three machines, firewall, and switch, running 24/7, the cost of electricity has been about 5,000 yen extra a month to run a Plan 9 system. There are many reasons why I find Plan 9 enjoyable. Every time someone asks, I seem to give yet another reason as to why. The cost of getting started, the return on investment, the challenge, the sense of accomplishment of writing a book with acme, helping others get their Plan 9 system up and running to name a few reasons. Also, I enjoy writing other Plan 9 users and asking for advice and coming away with the feeling of camaraderie between long-time Plan 9 users. I've met a lot of great people along the way. Many of my friends (Plan 9 users) have since passed away, but the memories of them remain. I suppose using Plan 9 reminds me of happier times when I use it. 明けましておめでとうございます。 Happy New Year, Vester "Vic" Thacker -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M74996ee2514e451da2ad37fb Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On 12/31/21, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware > avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work. > The Lenovo Thinkpad T68 I managed to lay my hands on wasn't that cheap and came with an Atheros based wi-fi card. So, yes one has to be picky. I think I can replace the card, but it won't come cheaply. SSD and memory are a hassle, too. I've had an HP Pavilion for long enough to wear the lettering on some popular keys away and only discovered recently that in fact it will run 9front out of the box. Legacy doesn't seem to support XHCI (USB) and I have no idea quite how that connects to both the ethernet and the wi-fi adapters, that's a research project by itself; unlike what I imagine drives Vic, I like to know that I can complete a task within a reasonable time and my poor knowledge means little does get accomplished around here. But I do enjoy the rare achievement when I get that right (my Plan 9 workstation uses freefonts through fontsrv, hardly perfect, but I can choose from a very broad range of fonts - not that I need to, mind you, it's just that I have yet to find a satisfactory font, Ubuntu comes close). 9atom can shut down all the hardware I boot it on, neither legacy nor 9front can do the same, again, on the hardware I own (and I have some old stuff lying around). I have little idea how to compare the three kernels as they have diverged rather significantly, based on the source code. I do wish I could propagate my preferences into a single Plan 9 kernel release, I find the divergence very frustrating. Full disclosure: I don't "run" 9atom on anything. I can see where 9front has the edge, by quite a margin, and I hesitate to suggest that it has veered off the Plan 9 tradition to accommodate the PC complexities, without quite addressing the real objectives of PC platforms: web browsing, office document handling and gaming. I don't believe that any descendant of Plan 9 can retain simplicity and fulfil those needs. When it comes to "research", though, specially slightly unfocussed personal satisfaction type of research, I find legacy - which I have known since early in the 1990s, I own a 2ed CD set - more true to its own philosophy. Like Hiro, I don't for one moment want to chastise 9front users, I can see why their aims are very different from my own. I am however entitled to pursue mine, with no need to draw insignificant comparisons that can so quickly devolve into pissing contests. Just my perspective. I'd like to hear how Vic sees this kind of cyber archeology. Or anyone else's views, for that matter. Lucio. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mda6222ee0cc841b923ca9f0e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
what makes it enjoyable hardware? when is it classic? anything that's older than 10y or what? it's surely fun to install plan9 on a hundred random computers and get lucky and have everything work. but that's just not been my experience. so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work. just curious what kind of "classic" you're going for, i wasn't trying to chastise you. IDE isn't *that* old either. we have other people playing with pdp emulators. in my experience with those expensive energy prices where i live the only thing expensive would be if you keep a lot of PCs running at the same time 24/7. On 12/31/21, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 03:01, hiro wrote: >> let's not pretend there's something great that you would miss out on >> without the combination of IDE hardware and the half-assed support for >> it in 4th edition. >> >> i don't know what aspect exactly of "classic" computing motivates you >> to recommend this struggle, vick. > > With 9front cancel culture/tribalism aside, I find making "classic" Plan 9 > work on hardware to be enjoyable. It is an inexpensive hobby and the sense > of discovery is still there. I never thought that I'd have to justify my > use of Plan 9 on 9fans. > > Happy New Year! > > Vester "Vic" Thacker -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4872739044c6fba283487067 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 03:01, hiro wrote: > let's not pretend there's something great that you would miss out on > without the combination of IDE hardware and the half-assed support for > it in 4th edition. > > i don't know what aspect exactly of "classic" computing motivates you > to recommend this struggle, vick. With 9front cancel culture/tribalism aside, I find making "classic" Plan 9 work on hardware to be enjoyable. It is an inexpensive hobby and the sense of discovery is still there. I never thought that I'd have to justify my use of Plan 9 on 9fans. Happy New Year! Vester "Vic" Thacker -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M07b92d4db72f39aa7b52f195 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On 29/12/2021, Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > 9front wiki has some too, for example: http://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9 Needs chgrp for chown. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mbc07198f25bb4b9a140a1cd5 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On 12/30/21 12:25, Steve Simon wrote: imagine someone was commenting on the 9front mailing list how 9front was not worth bothering with and how the OP should use OSX. that would make the 9front people a little frustrated. pretzel logic -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M73f56b6897af0e4c60ea789a Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription null
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the whole point of 9fans is just that so i don't get the joke On 12/30/21, Steve Simon wrote: > > thought experiment: > > imagine someone was commenting on the 9front mailing list how 9front was > not worth bothering with and how the OP should use OSX. that would make the > 9front people a little frustrated. > >> i don't know what aspect exactly of >> "classic" computing motivates you >> to recommend this struggle. > > -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M71ba77318dc380243b6f2ec1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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thought experiment: imagine someone was commenting on the 9front mailing list how 9front was not worth bothering with and how the OP should use OSX. that would make the 9front people a little frustrated. > i don't know what aspect exactly of > "classic" computing motivates you > to recommend this struggle. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M437586d7c78dcc83319e4487 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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let's not pretend there's something great that you would miss out on without the combination of IDE hardware and the half-assed support for it in 4th edition. i don't know what aspect exactly of "classic" computing motivates you to recommend this struggle, vick. On 12/30/21, Glenn Holmer via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > On 12/28/21 20:34, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: >> Getting classic Plan 9 system working well is an enjoyable past time. > > "past time"... Truer words were never spoken. > > -- > Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) > "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M51cc495bb5fa538785a8b5f0 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On 12/28/21 20:34, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: Getting classic Plan 9 system working well is an enjoyable past time. "past time"... Truer words were never spoken. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M6dc5af73ab6396045a57fee1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription null
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> Thanks, I know that; I was asking where the list comes from since the > one I remembered to be in the old wiki apparently died with it. I pulled most of the articles into a new wiki, including the unix29 lists. No information considered dead. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M2b161c3a943035e15333c3e1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir: Is that the old list of https://code.9front.org/wiki ? It's a proper wiki with the new repo located at http://only9fans.com/garden/wiki.9front.org/HEAD/info.html Thanks, I know that; I was asking where the list comes from since the one I remembered to be in the old wiki apparently died with it. -- Humm -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M7b48137134c870335a892374 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Humm : > Quoth Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir: > >9front wiki has some too, for example: http://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9 > > Is that the old list of https://code.9front.org/wiki ? > Yes, though probably with some updates (I haven't been watching the repos) -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M8268f44bda3e9dce913b8fbb Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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> Is that the old list of https://code.9front.org/wiki ? It's a proper wiki with the new repo located at http://only9fans.com/garden/wiki.9front.org/HEAD/info.html -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M25bb15c77d0d7ce815867da1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir: 9front wiki has some too, for example: http://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9 Is that the old list of https://code.9front.org/wiki ? -- Humm -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M6763c302b6af76b16b201b60 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 01:20:20 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > 9front wiki has some too, for example: > http://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9 Excellent! Just what I needed to get started with the tinkering. Þakka þér fyrir / tack ... -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M5d377a2eea4bdfd4dd8aa92e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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CD's are so 1995. For a quick intro, use a RPi4 with 9pi on a microSD card, and Bob's your uncle. On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 6:36 PM wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, at 08:29, Stanley Lieber wrote: > > On December 28, 2021 10:42:27 PM UTC, Humm > wrote: > >>Quoth Duke Normandin: > >>> I'm new to Plan9. I don't know fuck all! So I gotta start at the > >>> beginning - NOT at sysadmin level. Off to Google ... > >> > >>The beginning is the name. The thing you use is “9front”. The > abandoned thing is “Plan 9”. Note the blank. > > > > the plan fell off. > > If anyone is interested in running classic Plan 9 on classic commodity > hardware, I'd be glad to help with issues. Nowadays older computer systems > (circa 2000) can often be bought for less than $20 USD per system and > components updated for less than a $100 USD per system if needed. Getting > classic Plan 9 system working well is an enjoyable past time. As 9fans has > become more of a 9front forum, just email me if you need support for > classic Plan 9. > > Sincerely, > > Vester "Vic" Thacker > v...@tip9ug.jp > -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4038814cc4b439445b78eb4d Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, at 08:29, Stanley Lieber wrote: > On December 28, 2021 10:42:27 PM UTC, Humm wrote: >>Quoth Duke Normandin: >>> I'm new to Plan9. I don't know fuck all! So I gotta start at the >>> beginning - NOT at sysadmin level. Off to Google ... >> >>The beginning is the name. The thing you use is “9front”. The abandoned >>thing is “Plan 9”. Note the blank. >> > > the plan fell off. If anyone is interested in running classic Plan 9 on classic commodity hardware, I'd be glad to help with issues. Nowadays older computer systems (circa 2000) can often be bought for less than $20 USD per system and components updated for less than a $100 USD per system if needed. Getting classic Plan 9 system working well is an enjoyable past time. As 9fans has become more of a 9front forum, just email me if you need support for classic Plan 9. Sincerely, Vester "Vic" Thacker v...@tip9ug.jp -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M540ec56bfa9c0f7750053213 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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9front wiki has some too, for example: http://wiki.9front.org/unix2plan9 -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Md0bc0e3bc85267db47ebd6a5 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On December 28, 2021 10:42:27 PM UTC, Humm wrote: >Quoth Duke Normandin: >> I'm new to Plan9. I don't know fuck all! So I gotta start at the >> beginning - NOT at sysadmin level. Off to Google ... > >The beginning is the name. The thing you use is “9front”. The abandoned >thing is “Plan 9”. Note the blank. > the plan fell off. sl -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M20fb6e858d7a61468b79f4b1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:16:06 -0800 Bakul Shah wrote: > You may find > https://pspodcasting.net/dan/blog/2019/plan9_desktop.html useful. I do - thanks! -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M8e70353cdd2f66d27b532e8e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Dec 28, 2021, at 9:35 AM, Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:28:52 -0800 > Eli Cohen wrote: > >> if you're not accustomed to plan 9 > > Worst than that! I don't know squat about it. Just manage to > install it 10 minutes ago. I know Unix though and that's where I'm > getting hung up. I think there is a webpage somewhere describing the differences between Unix and Plan9. You may find https://pspodcasting.net/dan/blog/2019/plan9_desktop.html useful. The FQA on 9front site is pretty good if you have specific questions. plan9 man pages are agood but they tend to be concise. You have to read carefully. One suggestion: as you read a manpage, try out the command and its options and try to figure out what happens. Check the man page in the "See Also" section. If you screw something up, in the worst, but not very likely, case you may have to reinstall (and that is not a big deal in plan9). One more suggestion: *write* down your experience as you encounter issues and solve them. Write down things that may have helped you. And publish it or at least stick it on github to help the next person! -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M246346f6f2af65729e995db1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Duke Normandin: I'm new to Plan9. I don't know fuck all! So I gotta start at the beginning - NOT at sysadmin level. Off to Google ... The beginning is the name. The thing you use is “9front”. The abandoned thing is “Plan 9”. Note the blank. -- Humm -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M43b9d4d058365aa3c6b75dd9 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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you mean you want less concise text and more low-quality multimedia cosplay? On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:12:37 +0100 > hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any >> good > > Here's MY point: > > https://youtu.be/SoGLU1l7LwY > > Short and sweet and to the point. Gimme more ... :) > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Me5e2fe013696b511fbc1d355 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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sure, i don't want every website to read like a manual page. but i want every manual page to be pedantic in the sense that it should be concise and informative. your example fits this definition. On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:12:37 +0100 > hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any >> good > > There's a time for pedantic and there a time for not so much. > There's way too much "Bullshit baffles brains" going on - on the > web - IMHO. > > At the onset, show them how to tell time - NOT how to make a watch! > > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Ma4e7375e22c024ad80636cb8 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:12:37 +0100 hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any > good Here's MY point: https://youtu.be/SoGLU1l7LwY Short and sweet and to the point. Gimme more ... :) -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M3325bdd04d197bce72db0825 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:12:37 +0100 hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any > good There's a time for pedantic and there a time for not so much. There's way too much "Bullshit baffles brains" going on - on the web - IMHO. At the onset, show them how to tell time - NOT how to make a watch! -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M02996d9570dbfa682c25e74d Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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my point was that if they weren't pedantic they wouldn't be any good On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:01:17 +0100 > hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> manuals are always pedantic. > > maybe you haven't lived long enough to have stumbled on the good > ones. :) > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4c34a13ad9750ac74378f329 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:01:17 +0100 hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > manuals are always pedantic. maybe you haven't lived long enough to have stumbled on the good ones. :) -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mf5437f24420ff1d7b1dd2b71 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 03:35:29 +0900 vic.thac...@fastmail.fm wrote: [snip] > 9front and Plan 9 are multi-user/multi-tasking distributed > operating environments. How 9front and Plan 9 are used today > differs greatly than how it was originally meant to be deployed. > An end user was meant to login via a Plan 9 terminal to access a > distrubuted operating environment. Nowadays, folks typically > install Plan 9 or 9front on a single laptop and use it as a > terminal and server. Since there is no distributed environment, > it appears to be single-user/multi-tasking. You were meant to > shutdown the terminal session, not the server. Got it! Is there a not-too-pedantic user manual kicking about? I mean this like: "Please tell me what time it is; NOT how to make a watch". :) For the time being anyway. I'm a hacker back as far as 1981. Now I often need a manual. :( -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mb7e7523bd91605528a5217e0 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Duke Normandin : > > You're kidding right? So it's a single-user/multi-tasking OS? no, but it's hard for two people to use one mouse. therefore, when you sit in front of one machine, you own it. multiple users come in when you import resources from the network. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mb425ef26d7a64e1d3b5ffb15 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, at 03:03, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:56:19 -0500 > "Frank D. Engel, Jr." wrote: > >> Partially to answer an earlier question and partially to >> emphasize just how different Plan 9 is: you "log out" by >> rebooting. > > You're kidding right? So it's a single-user/multi-tasking OS? > > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** 9front and Plan 9 are multi-user/multi-tasking distributed operating environments. How 9front and Plan 9 are used today differs greatly than how it was originally meant to be deployed. An end user was meant to login via a Plan 9 terminal to access a distrubuted operating environment. Nowadays, folks typically install Plan 9 or 9front on a single laptop and use it as a terminal and server. Since there is no distributed environment, it appears to be single-user/multi-tasking. You were meant to shutdown the terminal session, not the server. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M2987089fb585827375cf09ea Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:11:38 -0800 Eli Cohen wrote: > yes, but it also has very good networking capabilities networking is good! +1 -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M2d848e8a5e1ac605c562a5dd Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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yes, but it also has very good networking capabilities On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:05 AM Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:56:19 -0500 > "Frank D. Engel, Jr." wrote: > > > Partially to answer an earlier question and partially to > > emphasize just how different Plan 9 is: you "log out" by > > rebooting. > > You're kidding right? So it's a single-user/multi-tasking OS? > > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4687cbf8566e649abe607b12 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:56:19 -0500 "Frank D. Engel, Jr." wrote: > Partially to answer an earlier question and partially to > emphasize just how different Plan 9 is: you "log out" by > rebooting. You're kidding right? So it's a single-user/multi-tasking OS? -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Ma37fb11cfc58a445e9a39818 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
Partially to answer an earlier question and partially to emphasize just how different Plan 9 is: you "log out" by rebooting. On 12/28/21 12:35 PM, Duke Normandin wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:28:52 -0800 Eli Cohen wrote: if you're not accustomed to plan 9 Worst than that! I don't know squat about it. Just manage to install it 10 minutes ago. I know Unix though and that's where I'm getting hung up. -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mec7ddd4494077c06dcc4cfaa Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:28:52 -0800 Eli Cohen wrote: > if you're not accustomed to plan 9 Worst than that! I don't know squat about it. Just manage to install it 10 minutes ago. I know Unix though and that's where I'm getting hung up. -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M8d7fe12a632a3f808b2d24c2 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:23:49 -0500 o...@eigenstate.org wrote: > Quoth Duke Normandin : > > log in as user:adm > > expanding that a bit: log in as a > user in the 'adm' group. OK - I'm going to take a time-out and go read about how to use this thing! I see that I'm trying to make too many analogies with it and *nix. Not working for me. I'm new to Plan9. I don't know fuck all! So I gotta start at the beginning - NOT at sysadmin level. Off to Google ... -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M28e44b0df195cc34bd5a079f Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
if you're not accustomed to plan 9 I want to be the first to reiterate to be very careful with the mount command. on plan 9 mount mounts 9p servers, not disks. mounting a disk file will write 9p to the file (the disk) that's a common mistake that people have made tools to recover from, but it can happen often as you are getting used to the new system On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 9:22 AM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so check if your user glenda is part of the group that has write > permissions to /adm/timezone/local > > On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:59:26 +0100 > > hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> adm? /adm is a folder, i don't see any reference where it's being > >> used as hostowner... > >> maybe you wanted to use "glenda" which is default hostowner. > > > > The docs I'm reading say that to setup the correct timezone: > > log in as user:adm > > then > > cp /adm/timezone/CET to /adm/timezone/local > > > > etc etc > > > > Am RTFM!!! LOL > > -- > > Duke > > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M98c3490c5198333d68981ce1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Duke Normandin : > log in as user:adm expanding that a bit: log in as a user in the 'adm' group. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M62486ebc95664ec765187810 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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so check if your user glenda is part of the group that has write permissions to /adm/timezone/local On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:59:26 +0100 > hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> adm? /adm is a folder, i don't see any reference where it's being >> used as hostowner... >> maybe you wanted to use "glenda" which is default hostowner. > > The docs I'm reading say that to setup the correct timezone: > log in as user:adm > then > cp /adm/timezone/CET to /adm/timezone/local > > etc etc > > Am RTFM!!! LOL > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M71bea3615c6b119b63fa04c2 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:59:26 +0100 hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > adm? /adm is a folder, i don't see any reference where it's being > used as hostowner... > maybe you wanted to use "glenda" which is default hostowner. The docs I'm reading say that to setup the correct timezone: log in as user:adm then cp /adm/timezone/CET to /adm/timezone/local etc etc Am RTFM!!! LOL -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M3a03089fc3bfe7e9bcd75d60 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
adm? /adm is a folder, i don't see any reference where it's being used as hostowner... maybe you wanted to use "glenda" which is default hostowner. On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:48:11 +0100 > Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > >> Just follow the usual installation, choose sdC0 as the media. >> 9front has its own bootloader which installs in mbr if you chose >> so. Grub can "chainload" (that's the word to search on the >> internet or docs for) that too in case you want to continue >> booting through grub. > > Got it! > > BTW - rebooted and logged in as adm. Got an error msg saying that > it couldn't find something or other ../adm. > > How do I log out? ^D like Linux/BSD? > > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M7dd4f956733b1dc198e758d3 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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It's glenda, not adm. adm is a group. Please, read the documentation, there is plenty. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M5452a7aa2244f69315d52f75 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:48:11 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > Just follow the usual installation, choose sdC0 as the media. > 9front has its own bootloader which installs in mbr if you chose > so. Grub can "chainload" (that's the word to search on the > internet or docs for) that too in case you want to continue > booting through grub. Got it! BTW - rebooted and logged in as adm. Got an error msg saying that it couldn't find something or other ../adm. How do I log out? ^D like Linux/BSD? -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Me77e3ae2a49740f2e99f0dda Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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it's weird, it should have shown /dev/sdD0/data 9660 On 12/28/21, o...@eigenstate.org wrote: > Quoth Duke Normandin : >> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:31:26 +0100 >> Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: >> >> > Awesome. Have fun! >> >> I sure will! Thx a bunch. Before you move on to better things, can >> you explain how I get Plan9 onto /dev/sdC0 please. > > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html#4.3.5 > -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M634f4dcb1250d24cd3824337 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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Quoth Duke Normandin : > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:31:26 +0100 > Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > > > Awesome. Have fun! > > I sure will! Thx a bunch. Before you move on to better things, can > you explain how I get Plan9 onto /dev/sdC0 please. http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html#4.3.5 -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Md109bbad5d7c89eae2b63d82 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
Just follow the usual installation, choose sdC0 as the media. 9front has its own bootloader which installs in mbr if you chose so. Grub can "chainload" (that's the word to search on the internet or docs for) that too in case you want to continue booting through grub. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mef40c102a56998f5424c12d4 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:31:26 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > Awesome. Have fun! I sure will! Thx a bunch. Before you move on to better things, can you explain how I get Plan9 onto /dev/sdC0 please. I've got antiX Linux on /dev/sdC1 which I want to keep. Got GRUB2 bootmanager installed. -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mfc7655a462d829130d28f886 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:01:56 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > Which ISO did you use? Hold the phone! Stop the presses! I'm in! Joy!! Accepted the defaults once again after doing a Ctrl-D and BOOM! I've got a term% window I've got a "cirno" window. ;-D -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mcd87f4fb62e92f659bde5851 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
My concern is that it does not show /dev/sdD0/data as 9660 when listing possible choices to boot from, unless ofc you didn't copy-paste(?) the full output precisely. Could be that the ISO wasn't burned correctly? I'm not exactly sure. The /386/init is definitely there on the ISO which boots fine for me here. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mda53b115a5a137a91ebee9a5 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:01:56 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > Which ISO did you use? 9front-8593.acc504c319a4b4188479cfa602e40cb6851c0528.386.iso -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M9d2caec7fdc6285653f9a509 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:54:07 +0100 Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir wrote: > > Not bad!! Got to keep going though! LOL What now? Reading the > > Plan9 install docs. Is 9front install docs different? TIA > > Which one of the cd/dvd has 9front in? It's in the Yamaha CD drive. > Can you type "!rc" (it will > drop you into a shell) and do "ls /dev/sd*/" there? See if there > are any plan 9 partitions. I got: /dev/sdC0/ctl /dev/sdC0/data /dev/sdC0/raw /dev/sdC1/ctl /dev/sdC1/data /dev/sdC1/linux /dev/sdC1/linux1 /dev/sdC1/raw /dev/sdD0/ctl /dev/sdD0/data /dev/sdD0/raw /dev/sdD1/ctl /dev/sdD1/raw > Shell can be exited with ctrl+d after. Right on! > You're supposed to provide the kernel with a correct filesystem > path to boot from, that's the idea. Maybe it picked the wrong one > by itself. I was hoping/thinking that the filesystem _was_ on my CD. I want to install Plan9 onto one of my HDDs. > 9front install docs are here: > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html Ok thx ... -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M8176c54a0565ca891c37e8d1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:50:28 +0100 hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > not sure what's wrong with that cd drive, but as you have the > kernel loaded, you could also put the iso on a flash drive or so > and use that for root. Isn't "/386/init does not exist" a clue? Why does it not exist I'm wondering? -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Me409351674dd10493657ff2c Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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> Not bad!! Got to keep going though! LOL What now? Reading the Plan9 > install docs. Is 9front install docs different? TIA Which one of the cd/dvd has 9front in? Can you type "!rc" (it will drop you into a shell) and do "ls /dev/sd*/" there? See if there are any plan 9 partitions. Shell can be exited with ctrl+d after. You're supposed to provide the kernel with a correct filesystem path to boot from, that's the idea. Maybe it picked the wrong one by itself. 9front install docs are here: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M84d7fbb5890652a18cc1c28d Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
not sure what's wrong with that cd drive, but as you have the kernel loaded, you could also put the iso on a flash drive or so and use that for root. On 12/28/21, Duke Normandin wrote: > @hiro, @Sigrid, @vic > > Thanks everybody for the tips! Much obliged. > DLed Sigrid's original suggestion. Now - Plan9 boots up to here: > > [boot-msg] > /dev/sdC0: ST3802110A > /dev/sdC0/data > /dev/sdC1: Maxtor 6Y080L0 > /dev/sdC1/data > /dev/sdC1/linux > /dev/sdC1/linux1 > /dev/sdD0: YAMAHA CRW2200E > /dev/sdD0/data > /dev/sdD1: COMPAQ DVD-ROM CD-2500 > bootargs is (tcp, tls, il, local!device)[local!/dev/sdD0/data] > > user[glenda]: cr > atapktio: disabling dma > /386/init: '/386/init' does not exist > [/boot-msg] > > Not bad!! Got to keep going though! LOL What now? Reading the Plan9 > install docs. Is 9front install docs different? TIA > > BTW - Installing Plan9 is a great project for me right now. -37C > here in western Canada. :O > -- > Duke > ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4b21ceb5012eefbaeaf592fc Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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@hiro, @Sigrid, @vic Thanks everybody for the tips! Much obliged. DLed Sigrid's original suggestion. Now - Plan9 boots up to here: [boot-msg] /dev/sdC0: ST3802110A /dev/sdC0/data /dev/sdC1: Maxtor 6Y080L0 /dev/sdC1/data /dev/sdC1/linux /dev/sdC1/linux1 /dev/sdD0: YAMAHA CRW2200E /dev/sdD0/data /dev/sdD1: COMPAQ DVD-ROM CD-2500 bootargs is (tcp, tls, il, local!device)[local!/dev/sdD0/data] user[glenda]: cr atapktio: disabling dma /386/init: '/386/init' does not exist [/boot-msg] Not bad!! Got to keep going though! LOL What now? Reading the Plan9 install docs. Is 9front install docs different? TIA BTW - Installing Plan9 is a great project for me right now. -37C here in western Canada. :O -- Duke ** Text only please. Bottom post is best for me ** -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-Mc97b80f01fcec426af268e0b Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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did you try 9front? Duke wrote: > Boot process halts almost from the start at message: > > Verifying DMI Pool Data > Boot from CD: PBSR...EI > > Then nothing! Keyboard not hung. Press any key and it reboots. > > This is on an amd athlon xp 2000+ / 1G RAM / 2nd Master = CD-RW, ATA 33 > Ideas / clues please. TIA .. > -- > Duke -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Taeb81f6ee55079e5-Md5323a002a4b7aa627c27ffe Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
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