I have now tried installing 9legacy. To see if it would work any better. On the 3 computers I have that are currently working. You might be happy to know that it worked less well.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM Michael Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > For the record, I have not yet succeeded, but am still trying, in a manner > of speaking. Investigating running it in qemu, or using plan9port. A tech > friend of mine will probably help eventually, if he doesn't succeed, he > will probably generate info that might help with the diagnosis. > > Meanwhile, I am looking into framework laptops, and have now found > something called the reform. Somebody claims that is what most 9front > people use? > > https://community.frame.work/t/plan9-9front-on-framework/13991/2 > > Is there one, framework or reform that is more recommended? Strongly? > Weekly? For 9front? 9legacy? I ask, not knowing how often the FQA is > updated. > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM Michael Jensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ..what? I do not understand. In all the tests I just did, for each >> computer (I did not test the T420), I did at least one test where the >> ordinary Sata drive was not there, so the only "memory" that could be seen >> was either the mSata, the boot medium, or ram. >> >> Ok, this is very strange.. I am trying again on the T430, which happens >> to have both the mSata and it's ordinary Sata, (coincidence), both >> register, but it looks like I now have -two- /data options. /dev/sdE0/data >> and /dev/sdE2/data. As for your suggestion, I have tried accepting the >> default, which is [], or nothing, and.. same thing. Infinite loop. >> >> ..repeating the test, with the Sata out, I get the same thing, (infinite >> loop), except that there is now only one /dev/sdE1/data, with a 1, not 2 or >> 0. >> >> On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Quoth Michael Jensen <[email protected]>: >>> > > Well, I've now done about all I can at this end. As I suddenly >>> suspected >>> > > right before the test, connecting an msata drive to the computer via >>> an >>> > > msata-sata adaptor didn't work. It still looks like a sata. I >>> assume. >>> > > >>> > > I how have the msata in the T430, and it is at least recognized. >>> Which >>> > > shows that at least -something- is working. However, selecting the >>> boot >>> > > drive still fails, same as before, asking again and again, an >>> infinite >>> > > loop. In theory I could do the same test with the T420, but.. why >>> would >>> > > the results be different? >>> > > >>> > > I can still try the test with this computer, the 7440. >>> >>> Hve you tried *not* selecting the first drive? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T6c44b64df5590184-M8b236ecabd53737cacfeb3cc Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
