To see if the block size could be a problem, I have installed 9front
on a HDD connected via USB.
I created a GPT with the first partition an EFI one (esp for 9 front)
and a second partition for 9front.
At first, I selected to use the EFI as 9fat. This didn't work, so I
secondly let the 9fat be at
I haven't used native plan 9 for a long time, but, in case it helps, 2048
used to be the blocksize in USB booting (from CDROMs, this was all using El
Torito standard when I wrote the bootloader ages ago). I think USB didn't
care but CDROMs did.
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 16:51 wrote:
> As indicated i
9front is probably using a completely diferent loading chain, but 2048
could be correct if they use a similar or related approach.
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 18:44 Gorka Guardiola wrote:
> I haven't used native plan 9 for a long time, but, in case it helps, 2048
> used to be the blocksize in USB boot
As indicated in another message, I'm trying to install Plan9 (9front)
on an AM08Pro, that is a ACEMAGICIAN with an AMD Ryzen 9 8cores, 16 Gb
of memory, and a 512Gb NVMe disk (M.2).
Before attempting to PXE boot (that should work) I'm trying to
understant why an USB thumb does not work.
I have ins
