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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:53:32 -0500
From: Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Fileserver boot
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:16:04 -0800, geoff@collyer.net <geoff@collyer.net> wrote:
> er, make that "doesn't need a floppy".
>
> the two things that live on floppy or ide are
> plan9.ini and the nvram file, which contains
> several things, notably the bootes password and
> the name of the device on which to find the config
> block (e.g., h0, w0), which in turn holds what Ken
> called the `wifnproof' (if I've remembered the spelling)
> configuration string.  once the file server has
> started serving files, the floppy (if any) can
> be safely removed until the next boot.  i don't
> think that this is yet documented.
>