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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Netbooting from Qemu
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:42:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <35aa7adcbf742402abc2e99cef2237fa@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.4.58.0909180810340.21128@eskimo.com>

> I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that the netbooted host can not use a nvram
> store located on kfs. Please share with the list if you are aware, or use
> a different method to store your nvram data, either in virtualized
> machines or physical hardware. Preferably without the use of disk/floppy
> storage.

all my personal machines and coraid's cpu servers, save the
auth servers are pxe booted yet have a local nvram partition
or a file in 9fat called "plan9.nvr".  the partition must be
a partition made with prep and called "nvram".  if you use
a file, it must be in 9fat, not kfs.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-18 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-17 23:10 Jerome Ibanes
2009-09-17 23:54 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-18 15:30   ` Jerome Ibanes
2009-09-18 15:42     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-09-18 16:09     ` Steve Simon
2009-09-18 17:55     ` Tim Newsham

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