> I've been trying to install Plan 9 on my most > used computer here, but the install CD I've > made has been giving me problems > (I've used Nero on Windows to create it): > when I try to boot into the Live CD, at > a very early stage (actually, just after asking > "root is from"), it reports "I/O read error" > messages, and continually does so, unable > to boot into the Live CD. [...] > And yet, the CD data is readable from a mount > within Linux.
assuming that your linux test was on the same machine, that certianly sounds like a bug. could you send me pci or lspci -nvv output. i'm wondering if you have an ahci chipset. older versions of the ahci driver / 9load driver have some trouble with some newer ahci wrinkles, like staggered spinup and advanced power management. i believe that i've gotten to the bottom of anothy's problems reported in http://9fans.net/archive/2009/01/370 i can work with you offline. the code's not ready let loose. - erik
