Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
Where is 9fat, fs and nvram created by disk/prep? Did you forget the 'w' command?

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread arisawa
Oh yes, I misread the situation: term% disk/prep /dev/sdXX/plan9 empty0 2 (2 sectors, 1.00 KB) 9fat 2 3 (29998 sectors, 14.64 MB) fs 3 256913(226913 sectors, 110.79 MB) nvram 256913 256914(1 sectors, 512 B

Re: [9fans] Can't find CD-ROM

2008-02-13 Thread Chris Saunders
TriedQEMU but it wouldn't run on my system. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit and perhaps QEMU doesn't run on a 64-bit system. Regards Chris Saunders Chris Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, I have downloaded but not yet installed QEMU. I will try

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
Where is 9fat, fs and nvram created by disk/prep? Did you forget the 'w' command? Also, after restarting partfs you need to reload the partition information: disk/prep -p /dev/sdXX/data /dev/sdXX/ctl

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
I'm not having a good day. I said: Also, after restarting partfs you need to reload the partition information: disk/prep -p /dev/sdXX/data /dev/sdXX/ctl Of course it should be: disk/fdisk -p /dev/sdXX/data /dev/sdXX/ctl disk/prep -p /dev/sdXX/plan9 /dev/sdXX/ctl

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread erik quanstrom
Sorry, I have no ohci hardware so I don't think I can help. Did the uhci machine recognise your devices before the recent update to add ohci support? just got the machine monday. i don't think i have any older kernels with usb compiled in, but i'll see what i can find. i'd like to rule out

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
ohci. oddly, my uhci ich9r machine doesn't recognize either of my extensive collection of two usb devices. Sorry, I have no ohci hardware so I don't think I can help. Did the uhci machine recognise your devices before the recent update to add ohci support?

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
i've got things pretty wedged now -- usbd won't start Are you killing the old usbd before starting a new one? And is this uhci or ohci?

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Sape Mullender
Are you killing the old usbd before starting a new one? yes. And is this uhci or ohci? ohci. oddly, my uhci ich9r machine doesn't recognize either of my extensive collection of two usb devices. You may be running the usbd with faulty dump.c. If your devices show up in

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread erik quanstrom
Are you killing the old usbd before starting a new one? yes. And is this uhci or ohci? ohci. oddly, my uhci ich9r machine doesn't recognize either of my extensive collection of two usb devices. - erik

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Richard Miller
We added booting via the BIOS to 9load specifically for USB Oh yes, I had forgotten that. None of my machines seem to be willing to boot from any of my usb flash drives. However I have just successfully resurrected my experiment with using a kfs on usb disk as root - see

Re: [9fans] Can't find CD-ROM

2008-02-13 Thread Eris Discordia
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:52:19 -, Chris Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TriedQEMU but it wouldn't run on my system. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit and perhaps QEMU doesn't run on a 64-bit system. That should not be a problem, I guess. My platform is Windows XP x64 Edition,

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread erik quanstrom
ohci. oddly, my uhci ich9r machine doesn't recognize either of my extensive collection of two usb devices. You may be running the usbd with faulty dump.c. If your devices show up in /dev/usb0/1/status with just one line and 0x00 for Class/Subclass/Proto, then you're almost

Fwd: Re: [9fans] Can't find CD-ROM

2008-02-13 Thread Eris Discordia
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:05 -, Eris Discordia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4. Run cmd.exe (the Command Shell) and navigate to the directory you just created. There, create a virtual HD image like this: qemu-img create -fmt raw mydisk.img 3G which tells QEMU to create a VHD image in raw

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread Sape Mullender
ohci. oddly, my uhci ich9r machine doesn't recognize either of my extensive collection of two usb devices. You may be running the usbd with faulty dump.c. If your devices show up in /dev/usb0/1/status with just one line and 0x00 for Class/Subclass/Proto, then you're almost

[9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread devrin talen
Hi, I'm new to plan 9 but am interested in getting it running on an Alpha 600a workstation that currently runs Redhat 6. I was wondering where I should look to get started, and if this will be feasible. I've checked out the website and docs but still have a few questions: * It seems that the

Re: [9fans] usbd problem

2008-02-13 Thread geoff
Or just run diskparts(8) again. ---BeginMessage--- I'm not having a good day. I said: Also, after restarting partfs you need to reload the partition information: disk/prep -p /dev/sdXX/data /dev/sdXX/ctl Of course it should be: disk/fdisk -p /dev/sdXX/data /dev/sdXX/ctl

RE: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
Is there a version for the Alpha architecture? Nope, at least not in binary form. You'll have to get a working Plan 9 on x86 first, then compile it yourself. Once your x86 Plan 9 is running, getting it to build the Alpha version is pretty simple. Getting it to boot -your- AlphaStation might

RE: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread Steve Simon
Plan9 did run on some alphas, its possible that somone may even still run one - the 64 bit architecture was praised for keeping the code honest. Check the 9fans archives (gatewayed to comp.os.plan9 which you can search with google groups), and the wiki at plan9.bell-labs.com which has a page on

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread Paweł Lasek
On Feb 13, 2008 6:22 PM, devrin talen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to plan 9 but am interested in getting it running on an Alpha 600a workstation that currently runs Redhat 6. I was wondering where I should look to get started, and if this will be feasible. I've checked out the

[9fans] quote of the day

2008-02-13 Thread erik quanstrom
from the linux kernel: bootsplash: silent mode. - erik

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread john
Paweł Lasek wrote: Unfortunately my time for working on Alpha port is really limited and my AS is in need of parts (It's really hard to get parity FP simms these day, at least here, and 48 MB is not enough). And also my main priority is to get a newer VMS installed on it, so Plan9 will need

Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread Chris Collins
Paweł Lasek wrote: Unfortunately my time for working on Alpha port is really limited and my AS is in need of parts (It's really hard to get parity FP simms these day, at least here, and 48 MB is not enough). And also my main priority is to get a newer VMS installed on it, so Plan9 will need to

RE: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation

2008-02-13 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
AS600 has an EV5 cpu, not an EV56, so IIRC you might have to clean up some assembler code and add some assembler for drivers to work properly without BWX instructions Last time I tried, you can get Plan 9 to build with the -b flag to the compiler. (at least I think it's -b... there's

[9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread dave . l
On 13 Feb 2008, at 22:03, erik quanstrom wrote: bootsplash: silent mode. :-). (In case anyone hasn't seen this yet ...) In a different part of the that strange dimension known as The Linux Zone, someone cryptically pointed me at a hideous exploit via:

Re: [9fans] quote of the day

2008-02-13 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
Freenode.net just netsplitted. Here is from the ##c chat room: saparok 17:59 wow. I didnt' realize that dd command could take down all of freenode. On Feb 13, 2008, at 5:03 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: from the linux kernel: bootsplash: silent mode. - erik

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
In most /bin/sh variants (I'm not sure about original): :(){:|:};: Quick denial of service. On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2008, at 22:03, erik quanstrom wrote: bootsplash: silent mode. :-). (In case anyone hasn't seen this yet ...) In a

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Feb 13 18:32:19 EST 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In most /bin/sh variants (I'm not sure about original): :(){:|:};: Quick denial of service. iirc, there were not functions in the orginal. - erik

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
So I think only in bash. How it works? http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-bash-fork-bomb/ It does use :(){ :|: };:, but I have tried :(){:|:};: and it worked. On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:41 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Wed Feb 13 18:32:19 EST 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In most

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
That is exactly how that shell attack works. At one point, however, I think that the number of dynamically allocated task objects should run out, and the program should just wind about in an infinite loop of erroneous calls to fork(). What a shame. I'm happy the OS I'm writing does so. It

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread john
In most /bin/sh variants (I'm not sure about original): :(){:|:};: Quick denial of service. This just in: Repeated forks can bring down a system. Story at 11. #include u.h #include libc.h int main() { for (;;) fork(); } Look ma! John

Re: [9fans] Google search of the day

2008-02-13 Thread Anant Narayanan
Both the fork bomb and naked jessica (that's what they're calling it now) exploits have been fixed in linux for quite a while now. -- Anant