* Re: [9fans] nvram etc
@ 2000-08-01 20:31 Russ Cox
2000-08-01 20:38 ` Boyd Roberts
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From: Russ Cox @ 2000-08-01 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
If you're talking about the install process,
the only reason it uses an nvram file is so
that there is no prompt for a user name and
password, as would be the case if we had
used a terminal kernel. One less thing to
worry about having to explain in the
installation documents.
Once you've installed, the terminal doesn't
use the nvram at all. I don't really understand
what the problem is.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] nvram etc
@ 2000-08-01 20:55 Russ Cox
2000-08-01 21:03 ` Boyd Roberts
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From: Russ Cox @ 2000-08-01 20:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Yeah, I didn't plan far enough ahead to
such situations. It was a failure of vision.
There should be a way to install off a hard
disk too. My apologies. If you want to
build your own, you've got all the pieces. :)
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] problems
@ 2000-08-01 19:09 Russ Cox
2000-08-01 20:10 ` [9fans] nvram etc Boyd Roberts
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From: Russ Cox @ 2000-08-01 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans, ancipites
1. My printer's paper tray doesn't hold enough sheets to
print the manuals. It looks as though, in devlpt.c, that
outch() doesn't check for Fpe when it finds an error. This
was encountered when trying to print vol1.ps.
That has always annoyed me. If you
tell me what the code should be I'll fix it.
Russ
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* [9fans] nvram etc
2000-08-01 19:09 [9fans] problems Russ Cox
@ 2000-08-01 20:10 ` Boyd Roberts
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From: Boyd Roberts @ 2000-08-01 20:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
why does the pc install depend on all this serious auth stuff?
i can understand that you want maintain a small code base, but
from a base level install who cares about all that auth nonsense.
look at kfscmd.
--
Boyd Roberts boyd@psycho-basket-case.org
But I doubt if our present system [U.S. Army] will produce such
an individual. They are too: _abrasive_, opinionated, undiplomatic,
nonconformist, and effective.
-- Colonel David H. Hackworth (U.S. Army, Ret.)
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