Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan9

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>]

>
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:14:19 +0100 erik quanstrom
> <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> >fs was removed from the cd but there's a version in
> >/n/sources/extra.
> >
> >kfs and fs(3) are different fileservers.  you can also use the
> >source in
> >contrib quanstro/fs.  i run 4 fileservers (plus one for testing)
> >based on this.  all but one use aoe for storage.  but you can use
> >ahci or ide disks as well.  you will need to add il back into your
> >kernel.  (in the contrib package.)
>
> Many thanks for your help. I was able to compile the 9askafs kernel
> and make the 9askafs.iso. The cd boots on a notebook, loads the
> kernel
> and then I got:
>
> panic: no nvr
> cpu 0 exiting

the fileserver can be a bit gruff if unconfigured.  :-)

you'll need an nvr file and plan9.ini entry like this
	nvr=ph0"9fat"!fs.nvr
(old style: nvr=hd!0!9fat!fs.nvr) — assuming that you have
an ata disk with a 9fat partition with a fs.nvr file in it.
you can create this with the plan 9 install cd.  the fs
can't create this for itself.

- erik