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From: Kevin McQuiggin mcquiggi@sfu.ca
Subject: [9fans] Installing plan9
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 19:11:23 -0700

Thanks, Ed, as soon as I get the CDROM installed I'll try this. 

Kevin

At , you wrote:
>Kevin:
>
>I use an NE200 clone with no problems.  Delete the
>
>        ip/arpd -b bcast-addr
>
>line as arpd is started by ip/ipconfig unless told not to.  
>My system hangs if I try to start a second arpd this way also.
>
>The #Q device has to be compiled into the kernel as the distribution
>does not have it.  You need the source for this and the instructions
>are:
>
>addd the line;
>	icmp	Q
>
>to the pcdisk file (or whatever configuration you are building)
>in /sys/src/9/pc, type mk.  Copy the new kernel to the
>boot partition and then:
>
>add to /lib/namespace:
>        bind -a #Q /net 
>
>add to /rc/bin/termrc:
>        bind -a '#Q' /dev
>        aux/icmp
>        echo -n 'add tcp il udp icmp' >/net/cs
>
>Others have addressed the ATAPI issue.  I use SCSI cdroms.
>
>ed wishart
>
>
>

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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi@sfu.ca