Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread David du Colombier
Yes , but 9pxeload is now called 9boot. You can usually specify a TFTP server in your DHCP configuration (for example, using next-server in ISC DHCPd).

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 7 01:35:45 EST 2013, bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: I've downloaded the nix bits from http://code.google.com/p/nix-os/ and i think this is active any longer. however the 9atom cd has an active copy of nix. i know that ian ennis booted /amd64/9term into a vmware fusion

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 7 16:36:23 EST 2013, bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: i think this is active any longer So what is the current official location to obtain the amd64 Plan 9? i would say 9atom. to the best of my knowledge that's what lsub, coraid i are using for day-to-day cpu servers and

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread John Floren
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Benjamin Huntsman bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: i think this is active any longer So what is the current official location to obtain the amd64 Plan 9? Depends who you ask. When the google code repo dropped out of use, http://lsub.org/ls/nix.html became

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Nevertheless, if someone wants a 64bit kernel that could be used as a terminal, I'd say Erik's copy would be fine for that. On Feb 7, 2013, at 11:42 PM, David du Colombier 0in...@gmail.com wrote: Erik's 9atom which distributes basically the same source as you can find on lsub.org (because he

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread erik quanstrom
In particular, as Erik said earlier (and I just confirmed it), the e820 change made it incompatible with the current 9boot from Bell Labs as is (which works fine with googlecode/lsub code). unfortunate, but requiring gnu multiboot? that doesn't seem right. :-) it might be the wrong call, but

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-07 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Just to let others know, Erik has everything the lsub nix had. If you want a terminal, you might just pick that one. We are in the process of removing features from the nix at lsub to make it become a more researchy kernel; and we will focus on servers, not terminals. for terminals, there are

[9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-06 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
I've downloaded the nix bits from http://code.google.com/p/nix-os/ and compiled it under 9vx on OSX, but I'm having some trouble getting the resultant kernel to boot. My target for now is a VMware Fusion VM, which I've got set up to PXE boot via nix's ppxeload. It downloads and runs ppxeload

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-06 Thread David du Colombier
NIX's ppxeload is pretty old and probably doesn't support your network controller. You should use Plan 9's (new) 9load which supports the same devices as the Plan 9 kernel and is able to boot from both the 386 and amd64 kernels. -- David du Colombier

Re: [9fans] ppxeload nix

2013-02-06 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
You should use Plan 9's (new) 9load ... Does that go for 9pxeload as well? Is there a way to specify the TFTP server address if it's different than the DHCP server? Thanks! -Ben