Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Matthew Veety
Correct. On Jan 5, 2013, at 19:55, Rox 64 wrote: > Sorry, I have another question here. I have browsed the wiki, the mailing > list and I have googled it a lot but I'm still not sure. > > 9front's wiki says that in order to make a Live USB you need to copy a > compiled Plan 9 kernel in a '/

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
Sorry, I have another question here. I have browsed the wiki, the mailing list and I have googled it a lot but I'm still not sure. 9front's wiki says that in order to make a Live USB you need to copy a compiled Plan 9 kernel in a '/386' folder. From what I have seen there's two available 386 kern

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
Ah, sorry then if my previous message sounded somehow violent. My idea is to install and run Plan 9 on a USB a few days, then copy the disk image onto the HDD when I will be comfortable with it, so what I want is to be able to boot from USB every time I plug it without relying on external software

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread John Floren
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Rox 64 wrote: > I don't really want to deal with ELF binaries and Grub... > I will try 9front and if its bootloader works then I will use it against > vanilla Plan 9. I merely suggest GRUB because it seems like most of the time, if I can get through 9load, I can bo

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
I don't really want to deal with ELF binaries and Grub... I will try 9front and if its bootloader works then I will use it against vanilla Plan 9.

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Jacob Todd
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:25 PM, John Floren wrote: > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Rox 64 wrote: >> Maybe should I try 9front instead? I read they made a new bootloader to fix >> that issue. > > The PC kernel is also (supposed to be) multiboot-compliant, so you > should be able to boot it with

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread John Floren
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Rox 64 wrote: > Maybe should I try 9front instead? I read they made a new bootloader to fix > that issue. The PC kernel is also (supposed to be) multiboot-compliant, so you should be able to boot it with GRUB if that helps. You just have to build the kernel as an E

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
Maybe should I try 9front instead? I read they made a new bootloader to fix that issue.

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread David du Colombier
>> Hi. I have tried David's build. I copied it to an USB with ''dd >> if=[.img file] of=/dev/sdb bs=1M" and it boots. It detects the CPU >> and I can see something like "boot into real mode". Then nothing >> happens. The LED of my USB also does not indicate disk activity too. >> > Ah, nevermind, I

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
Ah, nevermind, I have seen that rc script, I was very stupid thinking I could do the same thing you can do with Miller's SD image for the Rpi. Please forgive my stupidity and (serious) brain damage.

Re: [9fans] 9atom

2013-01-05 Thread Rox 64
Hi. I have tried David's build. I copied it to an USB with ''dd if=[.img file] of=/dev/sdb bs=1M" and it boots. It detects the CPU and I can see something like "boot into real mode". Then nothing happens. The LED of my USB also does not indicate disk activity too. What can I do now?