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From: mark_otto@mai... mark_otto@mai...
Subject: [9fans] Plan9 Installation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 98 13:20:28 -0700
I am trying to install the initial 4 PC disk that I downloaded from
plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/pcdist. I have done the first boot from a: but I
get the following error when I do the file system installation from
c:\plan9\b:
hd0: LBA 63463668 sectors, -1045626880 bytes
.bad magic 0xb7600 not a plan9 executable
Boot devices: hd!0 h!0
boot from:
When I type in hd!0, the boot from message returns. When I type h!0 or
h!0!/plan9/9dos, I get the ".bad magic 0xb7600 not a plan9 executable"
message again.
I get the same error message with the basic plan9.ini in the "Read this
section if you have trouble installing on the PC" section and with
vgasize=1024x768x8 and ata1=irq=15. The following is my basic plan9.ini:
mouseport=ps2
monitor=vga
vgasize=640x480x1
bootfile=hd!0!/plan9/9dos
rootdir=/plan9
bootdisk=#H/hd0disk:63
I know I have an unsupported PC, a Micon PC with a 199MHz Pentium using a
Stealth 3D 2000 Pro, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. video card. I also
know from the 9fans listserve digest and the /plan9/update directory at
bell-labs that there are boddles for the S3 Virge Chipset if I can get the
system running on another PC. I am willing to find one of our older 486
PCs with the [E]ISA bus, but I thought since I got this far in the
installation that the bus and the video card were not the problem. I want
to see if I can use the basic system, connect to the network and our Sun
unix boxes, and use our HPIIsi printer before I buy the CD rom and face our
head of computer support who rather we only use Windows.
Should I give up and try this on supported PC or is there a way around this
problem. I am enclosing information on my PC below. Thank you in advance
for your help.
Mark Otto, Biological Statistician work: 301-497-5872
Population and Habitat Assessment Section fax: 301-497-5871
Office of Migratory Bird Management e-mail: Mark_Otto@FWS.Gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
11500 American Holly Drive
Laurel, Maryland 20708-4016
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Here is the set up I have:
Motherboard: Micron
CPU: Intel 199mhz Pentium
Memory: 32MB
Disks: 2GB IDE Hard Drive partitioned into c: and d: drives, 1GB
each (d: is empty in order to hold plan9) If this works,
I will get a SCSI drive for the fileserver. The primary
IDE is IRQ=14 Port=01f0h and the secondary is IRQ=15
Port=01f0h
Zip Drive: IOmega Zip 100, ATAPI
CDROM: Hitachi CRR-8330 Standard CD-ROM Device
Sound Board: Yamaha OPL3-SAx, ATAPI
Network: 3c905 Fast EtherLink card, IRQ=10 Port=0180h
Mouse: PS2 IRQ=10
Keyboard: MS Natural Keyboard, IRQ=01 Port=0060h
Monitor: Micron 700 FGx, Horizotal refresh=30-69KHz and vertical=50-160KHz
Video Card: Stealth 3D 2000 Pro, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc, S3 Virge,
4MB video memory, IRQ=09 Port=03B0h