From: rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] "Can't read from nvram: /env/nvrof file does not exist"
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:37:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60f350c375d4ee1b27b7a0459fbeb046@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200304181833.h3IIXK520049@augusta.math.psu.edu>
> I don't think so; why do you say that? The environment variable you
> could use to force it would be to set nvram. Eg, nvram=#S/sdD0/9fat
> will force it to look for plan9.nvr on the 9fat partition on sdD0. If
> you set it to, e.g., #S/sdD0/9fat!foo.nvr, you can use a different
> filename.
>
> My guess is that plan9.nvr doesn't exist on the 9fat partition. Did
> you `dd -if /dev/zero -of plan9.nvr -count 1'?
You could also set up an nvram partition and use #S/sdD0/nvram,
which I thought was what he did.
In any case, none of this is going to work unless 9load finds the
disk, parses the partition tables, and leaves the info for the kernel.
That's the real problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-18 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-17 23:18 ron minnich
2003-04-17 23:24 ` Russ Cox
2003-04-18 3:10 ` Dan Cross
2003-04-18 3:13 ` Russ Cox
2003-04-18 14:12 ` ron minnich
2003-04-18 15:22 ` Russ Cox
2003-04-18 3:24 ` Russ Cox
2003-04-18 6:13 ` Dan Cross
2003-04-18 14:17 ` ron minnich
2003-04-18 18:33 ` Dan Cross
2003-04-18 18:37 ` rsc [this message]
2003-04-18 18:38 ` ron minnich
2003-04-18 18:39 ` Dan Cross
2003-04-18 19:30 ` ron minnich
2003-04-18 19:43 ` Russ Cox
2003-04-18 19:51 ` ron minnich
2003-04-18 19:56 ` rsc
2003-04-18 14:13 ` ron minnich
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