[9fans] silliness in flight: build a desktop calculator with srv and rio

2008-03-30 Thread ron minnich
I've been wanting a desktop calculator for some time. I'm sitting on the plane, trying to avoid real work, and decided to see if I could do this: 1. put a dc behind /srv/desk 2. start a rio in a window 3. window 1 becomes cat /srv/desk 4. other windows are stupid programs that, on mouse click, send

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.

2008-03-30 Thread erik quanstrom
you're welcome. i'm glad you had success. i apologize that things aren't yet seamless. i think you've uncovered some dirt in the cracks. intel's zeal for multiple programming interfaces does cause trouble in some cases. happy hacking. - erik > Thank you, Erik, :) it seems that your driver is

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.

2008-03-30 Thread Armando Camarero
I finally installed it! The I/O problems I got were using the controller in legacy mode. But in AHCI mode the install CD wouldn't boot ("PBS1...Bad format or I/O error"). So I built a 9pcflop.gz wich included the sdiahci driver and used it instead of the one included in the floppy install image.

[9fans] ahci documentation

2008-03-30 Thread erik quanstrom
i submitted a manual page documenting the quirks of the sd ahci interface. the file is /n/sources/patch/sdahciman/sdahci. - erik

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.

2008-03-30 Thread erik quanstrom
> > it sounds like you have either a bad drive or a cable problem. i > > would replace the sata cable first. it is also possible that you are > > having a problem with power management. but i don't know how to tell > > if you're using the ide interface. > > > I have Windows XP and Linux o

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.

2008-03-30 Thread Armando Camarero
erik quanstrom escribió: it would be useful if you could send the output of lspci to me offline. there are many models of ich9. not all of them have the same properties. i do have an ich9r controller: 0.31.2: 01.06.01 8086/2922 10 0:1c51 16 1:1c45 16 2:1c49 16 3:1c41 16 4:000

Re: [9fans] u9fs

2008-03-30 Thread arisawa
I wrote: When I access to my Mac/OSX PowerBook from Plan 9 terminal (in hosted VirtualPC), ls command of Plan 9 terminal does not respond in a special directory: a mounted directory of remote file server. but "(in hosted VirtualPC)" is not essential. Kenji Arisawa

[9fans] u9fs

2008-03-30 Thread arisawa
Hello, I am annoyed by a curious phenomenon. When I access to my Mac/OSX PowerBook from Plan 9 terminal (in hosted VirtualPC), ls command of Plan 9 terminal does not respond in a special directory: a mounted directory of remote file server. Of cause my PowerBook responds the directory