From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:54 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20100111194730.3C609B00B5@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <20100111194730.3C609B00B5@smtp.hushmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: bd5e4b2e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:14:19 +0100 erik quanstrom > 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