> >> I have that same netbook. One of your big challenges will probably be > >> getting the CDROM to boot in a machine without a CDROM drive. There > >> exist bootable images for USB sticks which contain a full fossil > >> filesystem; you can start the installation from there. In fact, I had > >> made a 32-bit bootable USB stick for Nix about a year ago and included > >> a script to start the installation, I'll see if I can find it. > > > > I see. Thank you guys, been waiting to try Plan 9 since a while, but I > > though my hardware was incapable of booting and running it. In fact I > > wanted to buy a Raspberry Pi to install Miller's build... Although I will > > get sooner or later a Rpi haha. > > > > What file system do I need to install Plan 9? Fat32? NTFS? Ext2/3/4? > > Fossil, cwfs, or hjfs.
perhaps i'm being literal when it's not called for, but i don't see this answers the question. to *install* plan 9, you should be fine with a bare machine plus the sd card or iso. - erik
