[9fans] boot issue after install

2008-12-10 Thread Ben Calvert
after installing from a CD image i just downloaded yesterday, i get the following panic when booting for the first time: root is from(tcp,local)[local!#S/sdE0/fossil]: user[none]: glenda boot: can't connect to file server: '/boot/kfs' does not exist panic: boot process died: unknown panic: boot

Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0

2008-12-14 Thread Ben Calvert
Am encountering the same problem, even though i've just pulled down the latest sources. Is there something special i should be doing? thanks, ben On Nov 19, 2008, at 3:55 AM, Rodolfo kix García wrote: Thanks Richard. Â Â aux/vga: vgactlw: : unknown vmware id 0740 It was picking up

Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0

2008-12-14 Thread Ben Calvert
well, i have a prompt. i'll google about and see if i come up with instructions for compiling the kernel... On Dec 14, 2008, at 4:43 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Sun Dec 14 03:28:08 EST 2008, b...@flyingwalrus.net wrote: Am encountering the same problem, even though i've just pulled down t

Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0

2008-12-14 Thread Ben Calvert
Actually, maybe i'm not being fully clear -- rio starts up during the install, but i get the 'vmware id 0740' error when logging on afterwards. On Dec 14, 2008, at 4:43 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Sun Dec 14 03:28:08 EST 2008, b...@flyingwalrus.net wrote: Am encountering the same problem,

[9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-20 Thread Ben Calvert
when running from the CD, my sata drives are detected and I can install onto them. when i try to boot from one of them, it can't find the drive. if i install onto an ata drive, i can boot, but sdE and sdF don't show up in /dev is this a case of the cd kernel being out of sync from the in

Re: [9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-21 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 21, 2008, at 6:18 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: On Sun Dec 21 00:43:13 EST 2008, b...@flyingwalrus.net wrote: when running from the CD, my sata drives are detected and I can install onto them. when i try to boot from one of them, it can't find the drive. if i install onto an ata drive,

Re: [9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-21 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:42 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: geoff has probablly fixed things for you today. this line from sdata.c added recently should support your nvidia controller case (0x00E3<<16)|0x10DE: /* nVidia nForce2 250 SATA */ thanks, geoff. would this be in the update

Re: [9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-21 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:43 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: i've got no idea about your 3ware controller. from the subclass code, it's a custom interface. don't care about that one anyway. software raid == bad to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever built a bit of hardware that does all the t

Re: [9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-22 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 22, 2008, at 5:22 AM, Richard Miller wrote: I'm still having the same two problems after pulling geoff's updates: in vmware ( fusion ) i get the "aux/vga: vgactlw: : unknown vmware id 0740 Exactly which kernel are you booting under vmware? The latest kernels from sources have a fix f

Re: [9fans] sata working on cd kernel, but not after install?

2008-12-24 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:42 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: geoff has probablly fixed things for you today. this line from sdata.c added recently should support your nvidia controller case (0x00E3<<16)|0x10DE: /* nVidia nForce2 250 SATA */ thanks, geoff. the following diff enables

Re: [9fans] sata, sdata.c, and the wiki

2008-12-24 Thread Ben Calvert
On Dec 24, 2008, at 5:51 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: the following diff enables dma on this controller and has yet to blow anything up. echo dma on>/dev/sdXX/ctl doesn't turn dma on? And I was so proud of myself. Is this documented somewhere? the only reference to dma i found was in the Su

Re: [9fans] reminder: internships in sunny california (but you gotta be a US citizen or visitor ...)

2009-02-14 Thread Ben Calvert
Hi Ron Am very interested. Am a citizen, and am currently an undergrad ( after way too much time administering various unix derived systems for way too long ) Please let me know what info you need? thanks, Ben On Feb 12, 2009, at 5:15 PM, ron minnich wrote: I'm still looking for under

Re: [9fans] Calling vac from C

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Calvert
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, erik quanstrom wrote: On Fri Feb 20 11:18:41 EST 2009, urie...@gmail.com wrote: One of the main costs of dynamic linking is making fork much slower. Even on linux statically linked binaries fork a few magnitude orders faster than dynamically linked ones. The main source of

[9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help

2009-02-28 Thread Ben Calvert
the install_notes page mentions that you can install with a local fat partition, but doesn't give any particulars. I'll be happy to put together a wiki page if someone can walk me through the procedure thanks, Ben

Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help

2009-03-01 Thread Ben Calvert
ya, that would be great On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in trying it I can try t

Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Calvert
trying now... On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz. Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it. Thanks, Lucho On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert wrote: ya, that would be great On Mar 1, 2009, at

Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Calvert
ok - this boots and launches into the installer. I need to back track and free up some disk space, I'll report back when i've accomplished that Ben On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Ben Calvert wrote: trying now... On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: You can try