Re: [9fans] bleeding edge cd install

[David Presotto <presotto@closedmind.org>]

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This new venti string should fix all of ron's problems since,
with a correct venti conf disk, he'll get into the if statement
in the boot process that mounts the loopback interface, which
is his second problem.

When he telnetted to 127.1, he was probably going to whatever machine
his default route points to and connecting to its local interface.

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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] bleeding edge cd install
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 21:58:41 -0400
Message-ID: <E1A7mYD-000PZq-8X@t40.swtch.com>

> Anyway I did just this this exact setting in plan9.ini:
> venti=tcp!127.1!17034 tcp!127.1!80
> [is that really right?]

Actually, no it's not.  I just checked /sys/src/9/boot/local.c.

You want:

	venti=#S/sdC0/venti-conf-disk

where #S/sdC0/venti-conf-disk is the disk you branded
with venti/conf -w.

You can say

	venti=#S/sdC0/venti-conf-disk tcp!127.1!17034 tcp!127.1!8000

but the last two fields are the defaults.

Still, the boot process shouldn't be page faulting,
so this might not solve your problem.
But /sys/src/9/boot/local.c is where you want to look
(and look carefully at any messages before the
page fault).

Russ