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From: "qwx via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] I did bad things and 9front won't boot
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:47:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <76887205CF95524760D1F01C9684C89A@migadu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C8EAAA67-95BE-4B81-8CE8-4F45989BCEA4@o5r.ca>

On Thu Dec 21 02:54:25 +0100 2023, o@o5r.ca wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I seem to have done incredibly stupid things to my 9front instance and now on boot I get "panic: unknown keyword in config block: <some character>", followed by a "mount: sys: write on closed pipe pc=0x2008c6" and "mount /srv/boot /root: mount 185: sys: write on closed pipe pc=0x2008c6”.

What stupid things did you do to break it?


> Is there a way for me to rewrite the config block to sensible defaults by dropping into a shell and/or using a usb drive w/ 9front on it (as if doing an install) to just backstep whatever terrible thing I performed accidentally?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Olivier

Yes, see fqa 9.2.5 [1].  See also fsconfig(8) [2].  What you enter
here depends on your setup.

You may want to subscribe to the 9front mailing list [3] and ask
9front-specific questions there to get better help.

Cheers,
qwx

[1] http://fqa.9front.org/fqa9.html#9.2.5
[2] http://man.9front.org/8/fsconfig
[3] http://fqa.9front.org/fqa2.html#2.2

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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-21  1:52 o
2023-12-21  2:47 ` qwx via 9fans [this message]
2023-12-21  2:56 ` ori
2023-12-21 11:00   ` Olivier Tremblay

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