It was that nvrlen setting. Apparently that needs to be something like 256
or it gets mad. It didnt like 0.

Sent from my phone. Please excuse the fact that I can't type on these
things to save my life.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 4:59 AM <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> wrote:

> > I am setting up a CPU server on 9front, and have been getting the
> following
> > errors that I just can't seem to work around.
> > can't write to nvram: i/o error
> > I have set my nvram in plan9.ini to
> > nvram=#S/sdE2/nvram
> > nvroff=0
> > nvrlen=0
> 
> You can break into rc shell at the bootargs prompt by typing !rc
> 
> then you can inspect the state of the sata drive.
> 
> cd /dev/sdE2
> ls
> cat ctl
> 
> Check if the nvram partition is here.
> 
> I'm curious as it complains only on write?
> 
> --
> cinap

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