FWIW, there is the solution to bootstrap the install with another mean
on a floppy.
For example, using GRUB with serial line to load a plan9 install kernel
(not tested).
Or to use etherboot (gPXE) on a floppy to load a PXE version.
Just to say that the remove of the floppy mean doesn't render pl
Of course everybody is entitled to his opinion, though geoff wrote an
implicit question and if nobody answers, I suggest to kill this thread
and accept what geoff did. If you peek in the archives on unused
mechanisms, you can see that geoff's step makes the most sense in the
9fans context. Probably