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==log==
 
I'm going to log what I do here. Normally I'd do that in a text file and consult it after for my actual writing of a report, but this stuff is already on a wiki, so might as well get the whole process up here.
 
*Set up an old PC.
**Celeron(R) CPU 240 GHz (Prescott ~~2004)
**224 MB DDR(1) RAM
**37.2 GB HDD
**some kind of integrated graphics card I don't even know
 
*Test PC
**It booted up to windows XP
**Everything appears to work as it should.
**Display, mouse, keyboard, CD drive, Ethernet port, etc.
 
*reboot
**insert plan9 CD
**shutdown
**Computer makes horrible highpitched whine (probably 8 year old CRT)
**reboot
 
*Failure
**installation hangs within seconds
**reboot again
 
*Success?
**Plan9 startup
***select install from this CD (confirm USB keyboard works and don't need to find PS/2 Keyboard)
**Stuff flies by faster then I can see
 
*"USE DMA FOR IDE DRIVES [yes] ???
**Google DMA
***"Direct memory access"
**Say Yes
 
*mouseport is (options):
**Say PS2
 
*vgsize[640x480x8]:
**640x480x8
**installer can't do graphical install
**installation guide says to do in text mode, so doing that...
 
*installer asks to config File system
**OPTIONS:
***"Fossil - the new plan9 fileserver"
**or
***"Fossil+venti - Fossil + archival dump server
**Going for the archival dump, because why not?

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