Re: [9fans] Install: root file system

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 06:06:57PM -0200, Iruatã Souza wrote: > Never tried it, but you could try installing 9front, then your > distribution of choice atop of that. If nothing else works, I will fall back to a kernel loaded locally from the sketched "by hand" plan9 partition (indeed the 9FAT at

Re: [9fans] Install: root file system

> If I'm not mistaken, the man page about kfs is misleading. It says that > indeed what is not fossil is treated as "kfs", but that "kfs" handles > cd9660 or dos too. > > If I understand correctly, this is not true. This is 9660srv or dossrv > or bzfl programs that are copied as "kfs" in the

Re: [9fans] Install: root file system

Never tried it, but you could try installing 9front, then your distribution of choice atop of that. On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 8:06 AM, wrote: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 04:26:39PM -0800, erik quanstrom wrote: >> i'm not sure what the root cause of your problem is, > > I'm now

Re: [9fans] Install: root file system

On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 04:26:39PM -0800, erik quanstrom wrote: > i'm not sure what the root cause of your problem is, I'm now suspecting that the underlying problem is that a 9fat is a dos, but that is a special dos: part of a plan9 slice, so whether kfs or fossil supplementary partitions are

[9fans] Install: root file system

Hello, As explained in a previous message, I try to install Plan9 on a new node (previous one defunct). I have tried the usb Bell Labs and 9 atom flavours, and none works on my node. The Bell Labs iso works (I mean it boots and the install starts) but 9pcflop doesn't recognize my disks (while

Re: [9fans] Install: root file system

i'm not sure what the root cause of your problem is, due to not enough data, but it does remind me of a limitation that has been bugging me. to boot from usb cleanly, i added a bit to the boot process that creates a loopback sd device /dev/sdu0 that points to the usb disk device. i've been