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From: Joshua Wood <josh@utopian.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] a small error in /rc/bin/cpurc
Date: Tue,  6 Nov 2007 21:51:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C84BA570-9874-4415-A83E-F56A7B3C8FF5@utopian.net> (raw)

> we don't have any cpu servers that host their own filesystem.  we use
> ken's fileserver.  so when the auth server boots, it must get its  
> network
> configuration from plan9.ini.  there are no files at this point in  
> the process.
> and in order to get files, we need a network.

Enlightening, and clears up my confusion about your use of the term  
"stand-alone" in reference to your auth server earlier. I had  
mistaken it to mean "local root."

Thanks for your answers -- I don't know if the original poster got a  
solution he wanted, but you suggested a new angle of attack to me.

--
Josh




             reply	other threads:[~2007-11-07  5:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-07  5:51 Joshua Wood [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-07  3:02 Joshua Wood
2007-11-07  3:17 ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-05 14:51 Joshua Wood
2007-11-05 12:59 Joshua Wood
2007-11-05 13:27 ` Antonin Vecera
2007-11-06 21:57 ` maht-9fans
2007-11-03 17:12 Antonin Vecera
2007-11-03 21:30 ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-04 11:18   ` Antonin Vecera
2007-11-04 16:48     ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-05  7:31       ` Antonin Vecera
2007-11-05 10:18 ` arisawa
2007-11-05 14:02   ` Antonin Vecera

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