Re: [9fans] netbook ( no cd ) install help

You can try /n/sources/contrib/lucho/usbinst9.img.gz.

Just dd it to a USB flash drive and try booting from it.

Thanks,
Lucho

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ben Calvert <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ya, that would be great
On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Latchesar Ionkov wrote:

Booting from a USB flash drive is possible (if the BIOS supports
booting from USB), but a bit tricky. I had to make few small changes
in 9load. I have an image somewhere, if anybody is interested in
trying it I can try to find it.

Thanks,
  Lucho

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Steve Simon <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can install from a local fat partition if you put the plan9.iso file
in the partition - don't unpack it, just put the single big file there
and the installer scripts will allow you to chose it as a source for the
full install.

A bigger problem is you have to boot the installer kernel, normally this
comes from either a floppy disk or the install CDROM (which contains a
floppy disk inage). If you don't have either of these you may be able to
do
some tricks by creating a bootable partition by hand on your hard disk,
though this is going to get painful.

Maybe somone else can think of some other technique.

-Steve








.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: installing xp home over xp pro
    ... Don't create a new partition (the drive can be ... Now try booting from the XP install CD (I have been ... When you get to the A: prompt, ... >>>>by saying to download it directly to the floppy disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: INstall of XP fails with BSOD on partmgr.sys on disc 6
    ... I had already tried booting from the CD as well as ... I received the error message that this (setup) program can't be run from ... That is why I was trying to install from the 6 floppies which I had ... > BTW, when the floppy disks fail, it usually due to a bad floppy disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: Deleting XP and reinstalling
    ... >system, not overwrite Pro. ... You can only go back by reformatting the partition and making a new one ... reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD direct. ... and after the license agreement take New Install. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: uninstall xp pro
    ... Assuming that your laptop's hard drive consists of one partition that spans ... If you opt to remove XP and install 98 instead, and XP has been installed on ... can do the partitioning work using the updated (for hard drives over 64G) ... FDISK utility on a WIN98 startup floppy disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: bootdisk.img for fc2
    ... >Fedora Core 2. ... >bootable floppy disk. ... If you have some disk partition which you don't install to, ...
    (Fedora)