[9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file

[9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file

[daniele giacomini]

Hello.
Around one week ago I started reading about Plan 9 and trying to install
it on some PC, as I'd like to study it.

There is one thing that I am not able to solve at the beguinning, and
it seems that I cannot ignore it:

    % disk/kfscmd halt [Enter]
    kfscmd: can't open commands file

The same with any command given to kfscmd.

This happens also with the installation floppy and reading the source
was not helpful. I also tried to search with Google some combination of
words about this thing, but I did not find any explanation.

Do you have suggestions?

Thank you for your attention.

Saluti/Regards/Grüße, 
daniele giacomini - daniele@swlibero.org

Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file

[Charles Forsyth]

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during installation it's served under a name other than the default `kfs'.
if you
	ls /srv
and see a name such as /srv/kfs.fred.cmd you do
	disk/kfscmd -n fred the-command
to talk to that instance.

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From: daniele giacomini <daniele@swlibero.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:42:06 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0308301333310.2442-100000@dinkel.brot.dg>

Hello.
Around one week ago I started reading about Plan 9 and trying to install
it on some PC, as I'd like to study it.

There is one thing that I am not able to solve at the beguinning, and
it seems that I cannot ignore it:

    % disk/kfscmd halt [Enter]
    kfscmd: can't open commands file

The same with any command given to kfscmd.

This happens also with the installation floppy and reading the source
was not helpful. I also tried to search with Google some combination of
words about this thing, but I did not find any explanation.

Do you have suggestions?

Thank you for your attention.

Saluti/Regards/Grüße, 
daniele giacomini - daniele@swlibero.org

Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file

[daniele giacomini]

Inside the installed Plan 9 system I find:

    % ls /srv
    /srv/boot
    /srv/cs
    /srv/dos
    /srv/factotum
    /srv/fscons
    /srv/plumb.glenda.97
    /srv/rio.glenda.24
    /srv/riowctl.glenda.24

Inside the installation floppy I find:

    % ls /srv
    /srv/9660
    /srv/boot
    /srv/dos
    /srv/fossil
    /srv/fscons
    /srv/log
    /srv/rio.glenda.81
    /srv/riowctl.glenda.81

with read and write permissions to user glenda.

I tried to use option "-n glenda", but the result is the same.

CF> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:54:50 +0100
CF> From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk>
CF> Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
CF> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
CF> Subject: Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file
CF> 
CF> during installation it's served under a name other than the default `kfs'.
CF> if you
CF> 	ls /srv
CF> and see a name such as /srv/kfs.fred.cmd you do
CF> 	disk/kfscmd -n fred the-command
CF> to talk to that instance.
CF> 

Saluti/Regards/Grüße, 
daniele giacomini - daniele@swlibero.org

Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file

[Charles Forsyth]

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i'd suspect you aren't running kfs at all (ps should show) but fossil instead,
in which case you'd need to do something different.

	con /srv/fscons
to make contact with the fossil console, then
sync or halt perhaps.  see fossilcons(8)

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From: daniele giacomini <daniele@swlibero.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:30:00 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0308301517510.2896-100000@dinkel.brot.dg>

Inside the installed Plan 9 system I find:

    % ls /srv
    /srv/boot
    /srv/cs
    /srv/dos
    /srv/factotum
    /srv/fscons
    /srv/plumb.glenda.97
    /srv/rio.glenda.24
    /srv/riowctl.glenda.24

Inside the installation floppy I find:

    % ls /srv
    /srv/9660
    /srv/boot
    /srv/dos
    /srv/fossil
    /srv/fscons
    /srv/log
    /srv/rio.glenda.81
    /srv/riowctl.glenda.81

with read and write permissions to user glenda.

I tried to use option "-n glenda", but the result is the same.

CF> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:54:50 +0100
CF> From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk>
CF> Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
CF> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
CF> Subject: Re: [9fans] disk/kfscmd halt -- kfscmd: can't open command file
CF> 
CF> during installation it's served under a name other than the default `kfs'.
CF> if you
CF> 	ls /srv
CF> and see a name such as /srv/kfs.fred.cmd you do
CF> 	disk/kfscmd -n fred the-command
CF> to talk to that instance.
CF> 

Saluti/Regards/Grüße, 
daniele giacomini - daniele@swlibero.org