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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:57:16 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] running plan9 : an ideal setup?
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On Tue Nov 18 17:10:59 EST 2014, skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com wrote:

> i have two 9picpu's. they tftp-boot from the auth+fs. the SD is used for
> boot loading and the nvram partition. setting up the nvram without a
> console is tricky; i thought i'd mention it here in case others run into it.

why not use cec(1) from 9atom?  this completely solves the console issue
without requiring any expensive or uncommon hardware.

- erik