Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-26 Thread erik quanstrom
> Where does the installer script live? the usb installer is in /sys/lib/dist/amd64. the part that runs at boot is in the install directory. i think the bug is in the vga script in that directory. (not to be confused with aux/vga.) it may not do the right thing if there are no edids. > > a pro

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:19 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> It proceeded to show me a list of resolutions (8 different options). >> Since my monitor has the highest resolution of 1920x1080, I selected >> that. Next it asked for "image depth[no default]" where I typed in 16. >> But it kept looking th

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread Brian L. Stuart
> BTW, I recently got hold of your OS book. Very nice book, especially > the inferno parts, which was my primary interest when I bought the > book. Thanks, Ram.  I'm glad you're enjoying it.  In the midst of moving and preparing to return to the classroom this summer, I plan to get the copyright

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread erik quanstrom
> It proceeded to show me a list of resolutions (8 different options). > Since my monitor has the highest resolution of 1920x1080, I selected > that. Next it asked for "image depth[no default]" where I typed in 16. > But it kept looking there, whatever I keyed in. If I proceed with "no > default",

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: >> It now >> booted but the username "ram" didn't have >> any of the rc init files. > > There's a script in /sys/lib/newuser that sets > up an initial set of scripts and directories > for a newly created user. The newuser(8) man > page give

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread Brian L. Stuart
> It now > booted but the username "ram" didn't have > any of the rc init files. There's a script in /sys/lib/newuser that sets up an initial set of scripts and directories for a newly created user.  The newuser(8) man page give more detail. BLS

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:07 AM, erik quanstrom > wrote: >>> Yes, I typed them by hand. Sorry about the error. >>> >>> >> panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf0162415 addr=0x00a8 >>> >> panic: kernel fault: no user p

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:07 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> Yes, I typed them by hand. Sorry about the error. >> >> >> panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf0162415 addr=0x00a8 >> >> panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf0162415 addr=0x00a8 >> > >> > there is a new TEST image @ ht

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread erik quanstrom
> Yes, I typed them by hand. Sorry about the error. > > >> panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf0162415 addr=0x00a8 > >> panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf0162415 addr=0x00a8 > > > > there is a new TEST image @ http://ftp.9atom.org/other/+usbinstamd64.bz2 > > i have not had

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:04 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> On Sat May 24 02:46:08 EDT 2014, vu3...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted >>> it up. First, I tried amd64 (selec

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:05 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sat May 24 02:46:08 EDT 2014, vu3...@gmail.com wrote: >> I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted >> it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some >> text went past the screen quickly and

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:04 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sat May 24 02:46:08 EDT 2014, vu3...@gmail.com wrote: >> I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted >> it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some >> text went past the screen quickly and

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sat May 24 02:46:08 EDT 2014, vu3...@gmail.com wrote: > I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted > it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some > text went past the screen quickly and the machine rebooted. I then > tried selection 1 (386pae), th

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sat May 24 02:46:08 EDT 2014, vu3...@gmail.com wrote: > I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted > it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some > text went past the screen quickly and the machine rebooted. I then > tried selection 1 (386pae), th

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Nick Owens wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 05:03:07PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: >> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan >> wrote: >> > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan >> > wrote: >> >> I downloa

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Nick Owens
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 05:03:07PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > wrote: > > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > > wrote: > >> I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and boote

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > wrote: >> I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted >> it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some >> text went p

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-23 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted > it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some > text went past the screen quickly and the machine rebooted. I then > tried selection 1

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-23 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
I downloaded the usbinstamd64 image from the 9atom webpage and booted it up. First, I tried amd64 (selection 0), in a second or so, some text went past the screen quickly and the machine rebooted. I then tried selection 1 (386pae), that booted up but quickly halted with this: Plan 9 E820: ...

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-23 Thread Jacob Todd
The last time I dual booted plan 9 I just had to chainload it with grub like you do with Windows.

Re: [9fans] dual boot

2014-05-23 Thread erik quanstrom
> I plan to install 9atom natively (until now, I had been using VMs and > Rpi, but I want to try it on my home AMD64 desktop machine). I > currently have Debian GNU/Linux installed on a hard disk. I am adding > a new hard disk on which I plan to install the 9atom. I am wondering > if I need to take

[9fans] dual boot

2014-05-23 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
Hello: I plan to install 9atom natively (until now, I had been using VMs and Rpi, but I want to try it on my home AMD64 desktop machine). I currently have Debian GNU/Linux installed on a hard disk. I am adding a new hard disk on which I plan to install the 9atom. I am wondering if I need to take a

Re: [9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-13 Thread Jacob Todd
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:37:42PM +0900, kokam...@hera.eonet.ne.jp wrote: > > in /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, which uses grub2 not just grub. > It has no file such /boot/grub/menu.lst, instead, has /boot/grub/grub.cfg. On my Funtoo system, menu.lst is a symlink to grub.conf. I

Re: [9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-13 Thread kokamoto
> in /boot/grub/menu.lst: I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, which uses grub2 not just grub. It has no file such /boot/grub/menu.lst, instead, has /boot/grub/grub.cfg. I'm now using usb boot method. Thanks a lot. Kenji

Re: [9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-09 Thread Jacob Todd
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:32:09PM +0900, kokam...@hera.eonet.ne.jp wrote: > Is there anyone using grub2 for dual booting Plan9? > If there, please teach me how to set it up. > > Kenji > in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title Plan 9 rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 replace hd0,0 with the c

[9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-09 Thread kokamoto
Is there anyone using grub2 for dual booting Plan9? If there, please teach me how to set it up. Kenji