[9fans] Plan9 install CDROM seems only want to install from fd0

2008-08-04 Thread RyanMcCoskrie
I have tried to install plan9 to a spare hard disk today but when I select options to from the install cd's boot menu it says that the device it is meant to boot from is invalid. The only device it says that is bootable is fd0 which I'm sure is the floppy. I don't have a floppy. Have I got some

[9fans] Latest sam for Windows

2008-08-04 Thread plus852
Is the 1997 version of sam for Windows 95/NT available on netlib the most recent port of sam to Windows? If not, where can I find the latest version of sam for Windows? Thanks very much.

Re: [9fans] Plan9 install CDROM seems only want to install from fd0

2008-08-04 Thread Christian Kellermann
* RyanMcCoskrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080804 10:41]: > I have tried to install plan9 to a spare hard disk today but when I > select options to > from the install cd's boot menu it says that the device it is meant to > boot from is invalid. > The only device it says that is bootable is fd0 which I'm

Re: [9fans] Plan9 install CDROM seems only want to install from fd0

2008-08-04 Thread sqweek
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Christian Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * RyanMcCoskrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080804 10:41]: >> I have tried to install plan9 to a spare hard disk today but when I >> select options to >> from the install cd's boot menu it says that the device it is meant to

[9fans] Octopus experiences

2008-08-04 Thread john
I've been trying to set up Octopus on my Plan 9 system but I've been having some trouble. Nemo has been very helpful but I seem to be too dense to figure out what I've been doing wrong; I'd like to hear some experiences from people in the same position as me--installing Octopus on a Plan 9 server

Re: [9fans] Latest sam for Windows

2008-08-04 Thread Russ Cox
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:39 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the 1997 version of sam for Windows 95/NT available on netlib the > most recent port of sam to Windows? yes. russ

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene

2008-08-04 Thread Uriel
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:23 AM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:48 PM, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Does Plan 9 Port help? I mean, libthread on Plan 9 Port alone could be >> worth a ton to me in some situations. >> Concurrent programming for th

[9fans] sources is out of service

2008-08-04 Thread geoff
Its venti arena partitions are full. I'll fix it Wednesday and post a note here when it's back in service.