From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] nvram
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:21:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000906232106.3AE2D199E1@mail> (raw)
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The nvram is necessary for the install because
I had two choices that didn't involve changing
the kernel boot process: talk (human) installers
through typing a user name and password, or
provide an nvram file so that that particular
prompt goes away.
Since the disk is also being used to do things
like save the state of a partial install, squirrel
away VGA debugging information, and keep the vgadb
somewhere that is easily editable from a non-Plan 9
operating system, the nvram being on the floppy
is but the tip of this particular iceberg.
Russ
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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] nvram
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:47:35 +0200
Message-ID: <017c01c01854$7383a260$03c684c3@psychobasketcase.org>
why is the nvram necessary for the install? given it's
an install there is no nvram, or if there is it contains
garbage.
i think i know why.
next reply other threads:[~2000-09-06 23:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-06 23:21 Russ Cox [this message]
2000-09-06 23:33 ` Boyd Roberts
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2009-07-28 17:58 Lyndon Nerenberg
2009-07-28 18:08 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-28 18:37 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-29 13:43 ` Dan Cross
2009-07-29 13:48 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-30 16:05 ` sqweek
2009-07-30 16:08 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-30 16:22 ` sqweek
2009-07-30 17:58 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-30 18:12 ` Steve Simon
2009-07-30 18:45 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-28 21:59 ` Adriano Verardo
2009-07-28 18:09 ` ron minnich
2009-07-28 19:24 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-28 22:38 ` ron minnich
2005-05-12 14:48 Sergey Reva
2005-05-12 15:10 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-05-12 16:47 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2005-05-12 23:52 ` Dan Cross
2005-04-03 12:50 Sergey Reva
2005-04-03 13:39 ` Russ Cox
2005-04-03 14:44 ` Sergey Reva
2005-04-03 15:07 ` Russ Cox
2005-04-04 10:03 ` C H Forsyth
2005-04-03 16:47 ` Sergey Reva
2003-08-26 21:17 [9fans] NVRAM Kenji Arisawa
2003-08-26 22:22 ` zfolkerts
2003-08-26 22:37 ` Kenji Arisawa
2003-08-26 22:49 ` ron minnich
2003-08-26 23:06 ` Kenji Arisawa
2000-09-06 23:00 [9fans] nvram jmk
2000-09-06 23:05 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-06 13:24 [9fans] Re: Kernighan interview (w/ Plan 9 mention) forsyth
2000-09-06 22:47 ` [9fans] nvram Boyd Roberts
2000-09-06 22:52 ` Boyd Roberts
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