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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:21:15 -0800
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] usb/disk nvram and pxeload
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On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
<skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> if i pxeload a cpu and want to be able to use an nvram partition on a
> usb disk (i.e. nvram=/dev/sdXX/nvram - once it is partitioned &
> formated). it seems i also must change boot/boot.c to add the 'partfs
> && fdisk -p && prep -p' after usbd has started. is this correct?
>
>

When it gets this complicated I much prefer a pcfs kernel. That lets
me run a full up script. I have even adapted pcfs for arm so I can
have usb disk root.

I can find that script but maybe this is enough to get you going.

ron