[9fans] connection timeout with file server

[Jean Mehat <jm@ai.univ-paris8.fr>]

I am trying to install a fresh main file system on a file server, from an
standalone terminal.

term% mount /srv/kfs tmp/root
term% srv -bc il!193.54.153.106 bootes tmp/bootes
term% disk/mkfs -u /adm/users -v -d tmp/bootes -s tmp/root /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/allproto

files are listed as they are copied until:

mkfs: /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/allproto:1: can't write tmp/bootes/386/9pcdisk: connection timed out
exit ''

getting rid if /386/9pcdisk is not enough. The same error occurs for
/386/upas/bin/edmail.

The terminal is a PentiumIII/Xeon on an ASUS CUV4XM motherboard, with
an IDE disk and a 3c905 ethernet card.  The file server is an old
Pentium100 on an unidentified mother board, 3C905 ethernet, Tekram
SCSI card. The fs kernel is built from /sys/src/fs/clone, using the
files of ../plan9pc instead of ../emelie.  (BTW, the same SCSI card
and disk on another PentiumIII with a configuration equivalent to the
one of the terminal hangs in or after the ream of w6 : there is no
echo of the terminal, the floppy motor stays rotating).

Any idea ?

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Jean Mehat, universite de Paris 8 Vincennes a Saint Denis,
jm@ai.univ-paris8.fr, (33) 1 4940 6403, (33) 1 4940 6783 (fax)