[9fans] Creating CPU server...

[9fans] Creating CPU server...

[John Floren]

Hello all.
I am trying to learn more about Plan 9, so I decided to try setting up 
an old computer as a CPU/auth/file server.  I installed 4th edition from 
CD, choosing the fossil+venti filesystems.  I then followed the 
instructions at 
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Configuring_a_standalone_CPU_server/index.html; 
however, upon reaching the point of booting the new kernel, the pcauth 
kernel tried to use kfs and panicked.  It sounds like I need to 
recompile for fossil, but I'm not if that is really what is needed or 
how to do it.
Help would be appreciated,

John
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		-- Ashley Cooper

Re: [9fans] Creating CPU server...

[Tim Newsham]

> however, upon reaching the point of booting the new kernel, the pcauth kernel 
> tried to use kfs and panicked.  It sounds like I need to recompile for 
> fossil, but I'm not if that is really what is needed or how to do it.

Check out the differences between the pccpu and pccpuf configuration files 
(ignore the device changes;  most importantly pay attention to the ramdisk 
files at the bottom of the file).  Make similar changes to pcauth to 
create a pcauthf config and build a kernel using that (or just use 
pccpuf).

> John

Tim Newsham
http://www.lava.net/~newsham/