Re: [9fans] plan9.ini: ipconfig and bootargs

2016-02-15 Thread tlaronde
Hello Erik, On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 07:41:37AM -0800, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sun Feb 14 08:30:20 PST 2016, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > When trying to re-install a Plan9 on a new node, being unable, with the > > kernel compiled present on the CDROM image, to access a FAT or

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini: ipconfig and bootargs

2016-02-15 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sun Feb 14 08:30:20 PST 2016, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > Hello, > > When trying to re-install a Plan9 on a new node, being unable, with the > kernel compiled present on the CDROM image, to access a FAT or an iso > image of a root file system, I went to a combination of a minimal sketch > of

[9fans] plan9.ini: ipconfig and bootargs

2016-02-14 Thread tlaronde
Hello, When trying to re-install a Plan9 on a new node, being unable, with the kernel compiled present on the CDROM image, to access a FAT or an iso image of a root file system, I went to a combination of a minimal sketch of a plan9 slice, with a 9fat made "by hand" (from an already installed othe

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini bootfile= syntax for 9pxeload client?

2010-12-09 Thread Lloyd Caldwell
On Dec 9, 2010, at 8:39 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: dhcp/tftp works to set diskless terminal ethernet ip, fs and auth ip addresses and downloads 9pxeload to diskless terminal. 9pxeload then fails with an exception. I suspect it fails because I haven't told 9pxeload how to load what kernel. I h

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini bootfile= syntax for 9pxeload client?

2010-12-09 Thread frank
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 08:32:21AM -0700, Lloyd Caldwell wrote: > I suspect it fails because I haven't told 9pxeload how to load what > kernel. I have created the /cfg/pxe/ file but have yet to > guess the correct incantation of syntax to specify the kernel location. > > each man page (boot, b

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini bootfile= syntax for 9pxeload client?

2010-12-09 Thread erik quanstrom
> dhcp/tftp works to set diskless terminal ethernet ip, fs and auth ip > addresses and downloads 9pxeload to diskless terminal. 9pxeload then > fails with an exception. > > I suspect it fails because I haven't told 9pxeload how to load what > kernel. I have created the /cfg/pxe/ file but h

[9fans] plan9.ini bootfile= syntax for 9pxeload client?

2010-12-09 Thread Lloyd Caldwell
Trying to boot a plan9 diskless terminal (pc) over network. The boot "master" is a combined cpu/fs/auth server. dhcp/tftp works to set diskless terminal ethernet ip, fs and auth ip addresses and downloads 9pxeload to diskless terminal. 9pxeload then fails with an exception. I suspect it

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini

2008-08-07 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
cpue% man plan9.ini | grep timeout menudefault=tag[, timeout] > I had some trouble with permissions while setting up my CPU server, but > thanks to the kind help of a few people here, got it running. > > However, I can't get it to boot up entirely without my intevention, as it > always

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini

2008-08-07 Thread andrey mirtchovski
see boot(8). you need to wait 15 seconds for the default to be picked up: "Method and address are prompted for first. The prompt lists all valid methods, with the default in brackets, for example: root is from (tcp, local!#S/sdC0/fs)[tcp]: A newline picks the default. Other possible respo

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini

2008-08-07 Thread Federico G. Benavento
nobootprompt=local!#S/sdC0/fossil it's in plan9.ini(8) On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Benjamin Huntsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had some trouble with permissions while setting up my CPU server, but > thanks to the kind help of a few people here, got it running. > > However, I can't get i

Re: [9fans] plan9.ini

2008-08-07 Thread Andy Spencer
> Can anyone tell me how to make a system boot up completely w/o > operator interaction? After the default install adding nobootprompt= and user= to plan9.ini

[9fans] plan9.ini

2008-08-07 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
I had some trouble with permissions while setting up my CPU server, but thanks to the kind help of a few people here, got it running. However, I can't get it to boot up entirely without my intevention, as it always hangs on: root is from (tcp, local)[local!#S/sdC0/fossil]: I'm sure there's som