I've been trying to install Plan 9 on my most
used computer here, but the install CD I've
made has been giving me problems
(I've used Nero on Windows to create it):
when I try to boot into the Live CD, at
a very early stage (actually, just after asking
root is from), it reports I/O read
so I immediately go into rc with `!rc' at the install
rio window, and upon trying `mount /dev/sdC0/data',
I again get the same I/O read error message, so
it is unable to mount the data.
And yet, the CD data is readable from a mount
within Linux.
How is the CD drive installed? /dev/sdC0
How is the CD drive installed? /dev/sdC0 seems
I might have forgotten what it was. I'll check soon
and get back to you on that.
BLS
Thanks,
ak
lspci -nvv lspci.out
attached
Thanks,
ak
lspci.out
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How is the CD drive installed? /dev/sdC0 seems
definitely wrong for the CD. If it's the master on
a second IDE controller (the most common case),
you want /dev/sdD0. If it's the slave on the first
controller, you want /dev/sdC1.
great point.
i don't think there's any problem with running
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On Jan 31, 2009, at 5:33 PM, erik quanstrom wrote:
if someone's itching for a project, the installer could use
a little touch up.
The program to detect where to install from, /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/
mountdist, is good. The only problem seems to
if someone's itching for a project, the installer could use
a little touch up.
The program to detect where to install from, /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/
mountdist, is good. The only problem seems to be with the plan9.ini
file, /sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini.cd, which specifically asks to boot
OK, so I'm just getting caught up on the
replies here so far.
As far as /dev/sdC0 goes -- BLS is right,
it was really /dev/sdD0, and I remembered
incorrectly. That is, the CD ROM Drive is,
indeed, second IDE master.
The only problem seems to be with the plan9.ini
file, /sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini.cd, which specifically asks to boot
from /dev/sdD0
If I understand the handling of the bootfile and bootargs, multiple
entries for most variables cause a menu prompt. But that does not
apply here, you're
