Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image

2014-03-27 Thread David Hoskin
Here's a procedure that worked for me. - download new usbinstamd64.bz2 from 9atom.org - boot it up, run through the installer - answer no to ``build full amd64 set?'' - answer no to ``halt system?'' - mount new disk's 9fat and copy over /386/9paed - edit plan9.ini to boot 9paed This will boot up

Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image

2014-03-27 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 27 16:50:18 EDT 2014, r...@davidrhoskin.com wrote: > Here's a procedure that worked for me. > > - download new usbinstamd64.bz2 from 9atom.org > - boot it up, run through the installer > - answer no to ``build full amd64 set?'' > - answer no to ``halt system?'' > - mount new disk's 9fat

Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image

2014-03-27 Thread David Hoskin
> there is something odd here. I agree. > where do the 386 executables come from? they're not on the usb key. It has some in /386/bin. > it's also hard to explain that the usb key 64-bit kernel works just fine, but doesn't (i happen to know) appear to boot from your hard drive. The usb key's

[9fans] Plan9 on flash memory

2014-03-27 Thread Szymon Olewniczak
Hi, is it safe to install Plan 9 on flash device? I'm asking about this becouse I remember that there was a problem with this on Linux becouse system saves data on the begining of the disk much more often than in the other blocks. BR, Szymon

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on flash memory

2014-03-27 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 27 17:25:55 EDT 2014, szymon.olewnic...@rid.pl wrote: > Hi, > is it safe to install Plan 9 on flash device? I'm asking about this becouse I > remember that there was a problem > with this on Linux becouse system saves data on the begining of the disk much > more often than in the other

Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image

2014-03-27 Thread Adriano Verardo
erik quanstrom ha scritto: thanks, i'll look into this. - erik As i wrote in a previous mail, I tried this procedure: (pcbox is a working Atom/fossil, using the key to install on dell1). download usbinstamd64.bz2, load the usb key pcbox% usbsd pcbox% disk/kfs -f /dev/sdu0/fs pcbox% mount /sr

Re: [9fans] 9atom usb image

2014-03-27 Thread Matthew Bonner
On 28 March 2014 07:49, David Hoskin wrote: > Here's a procedure that worked for me. > > - download new usbinstamd64.bz2 from 9atom.org > - boot it up, run through the installer > - answer no to ``build full amd64 set?'' > - answer no to ``halt system?'' > - mount new disk's 9fat and copy over /3