[9fans] Problem installing plan9

[Moritz Lutz]

Hi list,
what i want to do is install plan9 with the laptop of a friend of mine,
this laptop owns a cd drive my own dont have such a thing, So i put my hdd
in the laptop and start booting it and got this message:

E820: .........

126 holes free
00017000 0009f000 557056
002e4000 0ce31000 213176320
213733376 bytes free
cpu0: 1661MHz AuthenticAMD AMD-Athlon (cpuid: AX 0x06A0 DX 0x383F9FF)
ELCR: 0C20
pcirouting: ignoring south bridge PCI.0.17.0 1106/3177
#y0: 2 slot Intel 82365SL: port 0x3E0 irq 5
#l0: vt6102: 100Mps port 0xD000 irq 11: 00030d10f55d
512M memory: 206M kernel data, 305M user, 930M swap
panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf01aa887 addr=0x00000003
panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf01aa887 addr=0x00000003
dumpstack disabled
cpu0: exiting

Its a peacock laptop with an AMD Athlon mobile cpu.

Thx in advance
eSpo

[erik quanstrom]

could you run acid on the kernel you're booting from.
and then run src(0xf01aa887)?

- erik

[Moritz Lutz]

hmm how boot acid from the install cd?

Post by erik quanstrom
could you run acid on the kernel you're booting from.
and then run src(0xf01aa887)?
- erik

[erik quanstrom]

when you're in the installer, you should be able to
open a new window and type

; acid /386/9pcf

- erik

[Moritz Lutz]

i never get a window my pc get stuck after the point

cpu0: exiting.

I cant typ or do anything

Post by erik quanstrom
when you're in the installer, you should be able to
open a new window and type
; acid /386/9pcf
- erik

[erik quanstrom]

i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?

- erik

[Moritz Lutz]

no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install in my
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my ibm
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the pakock
laptop i get stuck

Post by erik quanstrom
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[Abhey Shah]

A suggestion (if slightly torturous).
Use qemu (say under a linux live cd) to install to that hard drive.
Then pop the hard drive into the other laptop and hope plan 9 works
on it.

Post by Moritz Lutz
no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install in my
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my ibm
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the pakock
laptop i get stuck
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[Axel Belinfante]

if I understand correctly, you cannot directly install on the X20
because it has no cd drive?

is it possible to copy the plan9 iso image onto your hard disk
(in a windows or linux partition or so) when it is in the pakock,
and then put the hard disk inside the IBM Thinkpad X20,
and then do the installation, using the image on the hard disk?

hmmm... then the problem becomes:
how to boot the X20 into the installation program
once the hard disk is again inside the X20...
does the X20 have a floppy,
or could a usb stick be used, or so?

sorry, turns out I have more questions than answers,
Axel.

Post by Moritz Lutz
no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install in my
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my ibm
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the pakock
laptop i get stuck

Post by erik quanstrom
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[Moritz Lutz]

hehe ;).
no no floppy and booting of a usb stick also wont work :( allready tried to
boot
from a cf card, but without succsess :-(.
I got a working linux on this maschine. Maybe its possible to install plan
down from
this *dont know* and erase the linux later.

Post by Axel Belinfante
if I understand correctly, you cannot directly install on the X20
because it has no cd drive?
is it possible to copy the plan9 iso image onto your hard disk
(in a windows or linux partition or so) when it is in the pakock,
and then put the hard disk inside the IBM Thinkpad X20,
and then do the installation, using the image on the hard disk?
how to boot the X20 into the installation program
once the hard disk is again inside the X20...
does the X20 have a floppy,
or could a usb stick be used, or so?
sorry, turns out I have more questions than answers,
Axel.

Post by Moritz Lutz
no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install in my
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my ibm
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the pakock
laptop i get stuck

Post by erik quanstrom
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[Abhey Shah]

Here's what you can do
1) make some space on your ibm hard drive ( few gigs is enough) with
an empty partition say hda3
2) start up qemu like this
qemu -boot c -cdrom plan9.img -hda
3) install plan 9 (if you want to keep linux then don't let it write
to your mbr and use grub to boot)

Post by Moritz Lutz
hehe ;).
no no floppy and booting of a usb stick also wont work :( allready
tried to boot
from a cf card, but without succsess :-(.
I got a working linux on this maschine. Maybe its possible to
install plan down from
this *dont know* and erase the linux later.
if I understand correctly, you cannot directly install on the X20
because it has no cd drive?
is it possible to copy the plan9 iso image onto your hard disk
(in a windows or linux partition or so) when it is in the pakock,
and then put the hard disk inside the IBM Thinkpad X20,
and then do the installation, using the image on the hard disk?
how to boot the X20 into the installation program
once the hard disk is again inside the X20...
does the X20 have a floppy,
or could a usb stick be used, or so?
sorry, turns out I have more questions than answers,
Axel.

Post by Moritz Lutz
no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install

in my

Post by Moritz Lutz
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my ibm
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the

pakock

Post by Moritz Lutz
laptop i get stuck

Post by erik quanstrom
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[Abhey Shah]

sorry copied the wrong line fixed below

Post by Abhey Shah
Here's what you can do
1) make some space on your ibm hard drive ( few gigs is enough)
with an empty partition say hda3
2) start up qemu like this
sudo qemu -boot c -cdrom plan9.img /dev/hda
3) install plan 9 (if you want to keep linux then don't let it
write to your mbr and use grub to boot)

Post by Moritz Lutz
hehe ;).
no no floppy and booting of a usb stick also wont work :( allready
tried to boot
from a cf card, but without succsess :-(.
I got a working linux on this maschine. Maybe its possible to
install plan down from
this *dont know* and erase the linux later.
if I understand correctly, you cannot directly install on the X20
because it has no cd drive?
is it possible to copy the plan9 iso image onto your hard disk
(in a windows or linux partition or so) when it is in the pakock,
and then put the hard disk inside the IBM Thinkpad X20,
and then do the installation, using the image on the hard disk?
how to boot the X20 into the installation program
once the hard disk is again inside the X20...
does the X20 have a floppy,
or could a usb stick be used, or so?
sorry, turns out I have more questions than answers,
Axel.

Post by Moritz Lutz
no sry maybe im explaining my problem wrong :-/ (english problems).
I want to install plan 9, on a hdd i want to pull after install

in my

Post by Moritz Lutz
IBM Thinkpad X20. So i need to take the pakock laptop because my

ibm

Post by Moritz Lutz
dont have a cd drive. And if i want to install with cd and the

pakock

Post by Moritz Lutz
laptop i get stuck

Post by erik quanstrom
i thought i was running on another machine.
am i wrong?
- erik

[erik quanstrom]

booting from cf does work as long as it appears to be
an ata disk to the machine. (it's how we boot machines.)

- erik

Post by Moritz Lutz
hehe ;).
no no floppy and booting of a usb stick also wont work :( allready tried to
boot
from a cf card, but without succsess :-(.
I got a working linux on this maschine. Maybe its possible to install plan
down from
this *dont know* and erase the linux later.

[Moritz Lutz]

Abhey thx a lot for the tip! I did it this way now.
It works great finished installation soon ;) on mistake is
in your qemu line its -boot d for cdrom

Greetings
eSpo

Post by erik quanstrom
booting from cf does work as long as it appears to be
an ata disk to the machine. (it's how we boot machines.)
- erik

Post by Moritz Lutz
hehe ;).
no no floppy and booting of a usb stick also wont work :( allready tried

to

Post by Moritz Lutz
boot
from a cf card, but without succsess :-(.
I got a working linux on this maschine. Maybe its possible to install

plan

Post by Moritz Lutz
down from
this *dont know* and erase the linux later.

[Alexandr Babič]

i have same problem when booting from plan9 cd.
booting stops after selection of install or live and
system gets dead.

alexandr babic.

Post by Moritz Lutz
hmm how boot acid from the install cd?

Post by erik quanstrom
could you run acid on the kernel you're booting from.
and then run src(0xf01aa887)?
- erik

[Steve Simon]

Post by Alexandr Babič
i have same problem when booting from plan9 cd.
booting stops after selection of install or live and
system gets dead.

I think this is a different problem, Moritz doesn't even
get as far as the prompt.

Do you have a usb keyboard? I'am not sure the install CD supports USB
keyboards unless the bios is capable of making them appear like PS2 ones
(which many can).

-Steve

[Moritz Lutz]

no only the laptop keyboard

Post by Steve Simon

Post by Alexandr Babič
i have same problem when booting from plan9 cd.
booting stops after selection of install or live and
system gets dead.

I think this is a different problem, Moritz doesn't even
get as far as the prompt.
Do you have a usb keyboard? I'am not sure the install CD supports USB
keyboards unless the bios is capable of making them appear like PS2 ones
(which many can).
-Steve

[Alexandr Babič]

i think my problem is same or very similar.
i have amd processor, ps2 keyboard and mouse.
i can also see something like moritz reported:

panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf01aa887 addr=0x00000003
panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf01aa887 addr=0x00000003
dumpstack disabled
cpu0: exiting

alexandr babic.

Post by Steve Simon

Post by Alexandr Babič
i have same problem when booting from plan9 cd.
booting stops after selection of install or live and
system gets dead.

I think this is a different problem, Moritz doesn't even
get as far as the prompt.
Do you have a usb keyboard? I'am not sure the install CD supports USB
keyboards unless the bios is capable of making them appear like PS2 ones
(which many can).
-Steve

[Steve Simon]

Post by Moritz Lutz
pcirouting: ignoring south bridge PCI.0.17.0 1106/3177

...

Post by Moritz Lutz
panic: kernel fault: no user process pc=0xf01aa887 addr=0x00000003

My suspicion is that the lack of a recconised southbridge is the problem,
a Viatech VT8237, any PCI experts out there know if this likely to work?

{ 0x1106, 0x0586, viaget, viaset }, // Viatech 82C586
{ 0x1106, 0x0596, viaget, viaset }, // Viatech 82C596
{ 0x1106, 0x0686, viaget, viaset }, // Viatech 82C686
{ 0x1106, 0x3227, viaget, viaset }, // Viatech VT8237

If so its just a matter of adding another line to pci.c:

{ 0x1106, 0x3177, viaget, viaset }, // Viatech VT8235

Anyone in a position to build this guy another CD image with
this tiny change to a kernel (I am not at present)?

-Steve