Setting up IP on a Plan 9 PC

[Paul Borman prb@bsdi.com]

I have been struggling with getting a PC running Plan 9 (The CD).  I
install it fine.  I edit /lib/ndb/local.  I can't get IP to work.  I
did make it work by booting 9pccpu and hacking cpurc to stuff my
hostname into /dev/sysname and /env/sysname before going forward, but
this does not seem right.  Oh, this also only got outgoing IP to work,
even after starting aux/listen on /net/ether I was not able to telnet
into the box.  I figure I need to get /dev/hd1nvram setup (I installed on my
second IDE drive) but have found no way to do so.

It might be nice to have a small writeup describing how to do it.  I
have been taking notes so I can post whatever I end up with.

				-Paul Borman
				 prb@bsdi.com