Ah, ok.  I'll try that.  Thank you!


On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:05 AM Stanley Lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:

> "James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >So in a canonical installation the auth server mounts its root from the
> >file server?
> >
> >On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM Stanley Lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The idea is that there is one file system shared by all the
> >neighboring
> >> systems. The canonical Plan 9 installation comprises one disk file
> >server
> >> and many diskless computing machines (auth servers, cpu servers,
> >terminals).
> >>
>
> Yes. You can arrange for hands-free booting by storing  the same
> authid/authdom/password in the nvram of both the file server and the auth
> server. I usually boot the auth server from a 9fat partition or a USB key,
> then tcp (actually, tls) mount the root file system from the file server.
>
> sl
>
>