What I have made time for is working out how the install CD is made,

My first attempt is in
/n/sources/contrib/maht/rc/mkiso
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/maht/rc/mkiso

This builds just the install part of the plan9.iso, i.e. the bit that runs when you choose "Install from this CD" I hadn't worked out how / where / why to build bzroot at that stage which is why I added the real ramfs to the mix. It also adds binding the aoe driver to termrc (which is why I did it). I'd compiled my own 9pcflop.gz with aoe in it (though I didn't have a bzroot at that point) I'd been hampered with doing much more until yesterday when 9load worked in qemu again, thanks for that :) I've worked out how to build a full plan9.iso now so expect a few variations on that theme.

I was doing an install over aoe in qemu which was slower than normal qemu but I wouldn't take that as a benchmark just yet, I killed it when I saw that the 9load was fixed.




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