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Subject: Re: [9front] Used to boot to rio, doesn't anymore
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timesync will block if it cannot get a reference time. lock it to the bios c=
lock or get networking working before timesync is called.

i dont know where timesync gets its reference in 9 front default install but=
 start by looking at why timesync is unhappy - maybe the network is dead or m=
aybe it comes up later in the bootup sequence?

-Steve


> On 26 Aug 2022, at 19:30, Jacob Moody <moody@mail.posixcafe.org> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFOn 8/26/22 10:54, wakyct@tilde.team wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:25:41AM -0600, Jacob Moody wrote:
>>>=20
>>> There is not enough information here.
>>> Are you booting a terminal kernel? Did
>>> you update between the last time it worked and
>>> now?
>>=20
>> Yes, terminal kernel (an unmodified 386 install). I haven't updated (don'=
t know how to yet).=20
>>=20
>> I did recompile the kernel once following http://fqa.9front.org/fqa7.html=
#7.2.5. However=20
>> everything booted normally several times after that.=20
>=20
> If this is consistent, and none of the software changed, then surely somet=
hing with the
> hardware has changed. Iterating through the list of boot parameters outlin=
ed here:
>=20
> http://fqa.9front.org/fqa9.html#9.5.2
>=20
> May help you pin down what is causing the issue. You can go through one by=
 one
> and start turning stuff off to see what is hanging. My gut is saying somet=
hing
> is funky with your network card so perhaps start with *noetherprobe=3D.
>=20
> In order to enter these boot parameters, when you boot in to 9front just
> start hitting any key and that should throw you in to the boot loader prom=
pt.
> There you can type these boot parameters out, then when you're done you ca=
n
> type 'boot' to actually get the kernel started. You will know you missed i=
t
> if you see the memory sizes show.
>=20
> For disabling ethernet, the session will look something like:
>=20
>> *noetherprobe=3D
>> boot
> Plan 9 ...
>=20
>=20
> -- moody