> If I'm not mistaken, the man page about kfs is misleading. It says that > indeed what is not fossil is treated as "kfs", but that "kfs" handles > cd9660 or dos too. > > If I understand correctly, this is not true. This is 9660srv or dossrv > or bzfl programs that are copied as "kfs" in the special installation > kernel root according to the type of the root filesystem to read.
yes, this is correct. these programs masquerade as "kfs" to make the boot process happy. > Note to others: I have only a PS2 keyboard/mouse combo, and other > serials are all USB. Disabling via plan9.ini the USB, even if attached > as USB devices, the mouse and keyboard appear (I guess by some BIOS > emulation). If USB is on, I have no mouse and no keyboard, or only one > of the twoi: the one connected to the PS2 combo. on many motherboards, ps/2 keyboard and mouse are emulated by bios. when usb is turned on, then the the bootloader or os (perhaps via bios calls) needs to deal with usb. i think that the distribution usb is not working for some ehci chipsets, especially those that need explicit bios handoff, and those with multiple ehci controllers. - erik
