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@ -17,37 +17,12 @@ Be sure to read
to understand what happens after the kernel is loaded.
.SS Terminals
To bootstrap a diskless terminal or a CPU server, a file server must be running.
PCs can boot from a floppy disk or any FAT16 partition.
On all the terminals, typing two control-T's followed by a lower-case
.B r
reboots the machine;
other methods of rebooting are mentioned for some machines.
.SS PCs
To boot a PC, it is necessary to get
.B /386/9bootfat
.B /386/9bootiso
or
.B /386/9bootpxe
loaded into memory.
There are many ways to do this. A Plan 9 boot floppy prepared by
.B format
(see
.IR prep (8))
will load
.B 9bootfat
when the PC is reset or powered on.
Other methods are described in
.IR 9boot (8).
.B 9boot
then locates and loads a Plan 9 kernel, using configuration information
from the file
.B plan9.ini
stored in the
.B 9fat
configuration partition or on a DOS file system.
See
On a PC, the
.IR 9boot (8)
for details.
program is used to load the kernel
.B /386/9pcf
into memory.
.PP
Once the kernel is booted, it behaves like the others.
See
@ -91,12 +66,9 @@ for terminals.
.SS CPU Servers
The Plan 9 CPU servers are multi-user, so they do not request a user name
when booting.
On the CPU servers, typing a control-P on the console reboots the machine.
.SS PC CPU Server
Proceed as for the PC terminal, but load
.B /386/9pccpu
or
.BR /386/9pccpudisk .
.B /386/9pccpuf .
.SS Alpha PC CPU Server
Proceed as for the Alpha PC terminal, but use
.B /alpha/9apccpu