* [9fans] 9front nvram setup
@ 2024-04-15 17:36 Eric Lynema
2024-04-15 18:03 ` [9fans] " elynema
2024-04-18 8:57 ` [9fans] " cinap_lenrek
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From: Eric Lynema @ 2024-04-15 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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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
Eric Lynema
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* [9fans] Re: 9front nvram setup
2024-04-15 17:36 [9fans] 9front nvram setup Eric Lynema
@ 2024-04-15 18:03 ` elynema
2024-04-15 19:26 ` Eric Lynema
2024-04-18 8:57 ` [9fans] " cinap_lenrek
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From: elynema @ 2024-04-15 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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for reference, not reading the documentation and assuming you can just set things like nvrlen to 0, might be the start of issues. What is the appopriate value for that? I set it to 256 and it worked.
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* Re: [9fans] Re: 9front nvram setup
2024-04-15 18:03 ` [9fans] " elynema
@ 2024-04-15 19:26 ` Eric Lynema
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From: Eric Lynema @ 2024-04-15 19:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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To the kind person who called and made sure I was all set, what was your
name again? Thank you, kind human!
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 2:04 PM <elynema@gmail.com> wrote:
> for reference, not reading the documentation and assuming you can just set
> things like nvrlen to 0, might be the start of issues. What is the
> appopriate value for that? I set it to 256 and it worked.
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* Re: [9fans] 9front nvram setup
2024-04-15 17:36 [9fans] 9front nvram setup Eric Lynema
2024-04-15 18:03 ` [9fans] " elynema
@ 2024-04-18 8:57 ` cinap_lenrek
2024-04-18 12:38 ` Eric Lynema
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From: cinap_lenrek @ 2024-04-18 8:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> 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?
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* Re: [9fans] 9front nvram setup
2024-04-18 8:57 ` [9fans] " cinap_lenrek
@ 2024-04-18 12:38 ` Eric Lynema
2024-04-18 14:34 ` cinap_lenrek
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From: Eric Lynema @ 2024-04-18 12:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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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?
>
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* Re: [9fans] 9front nvram setup
2024-04-18 12:38 ` Eric Lynema
@ 2024-04-18 14:34 ` cinap_lenrek
2024-04-18 16:05 ` Eric Lynema
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From: cinap_lenrek @ 2024-04-18 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> It was that nvrlen setting. Apparently that needs to be something like 256
> or it gets mad. It didnt like 0.
all right! good catch :D
iirc these are optional, i usually just set nvram= and nothing else.
nvr is fixed size anyway.
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* Re: [9fans] 9front nvram setup
2024-04-18 14:34 ` cinap_lenrek
@ 2024-04-18 16:05 ` Eric Lynema
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From: Eric Lynema @ 2024-04-18 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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my setup complained when it was not set, then again im running in a vm
(uefi setup).
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, 10:36 AM <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> wrote:
> > It was that nvrlen setting. Apparently that needs to be something like
> 256
> > or it gets mad. It didnt like 0.
>
> all right! good catch :D
>
> iirc these are optional, i usually just set nvram= and nothing else.
> nvr is fixed size anyway.
>
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