sorry, our machines were disconnected for the entire night and I didn't get mails until now. that's why I didn't reply. But I see that it's all written in recent mails. cheers
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Akshat Kumar <aku...@mail.nanosouffle.net> wrote: > That's a much more expensive and involved > method than tacking on a little USB key, to > which you've copied nvram data using `dd'. > > ron's method above, with a simple > `dd -if nvram -of /dev/sdU0.0/data' and > three lines in plan9.ini did the trick. > No rotating disks. > > The other problem is that my box has a > rusty power supply that seems incapable > of handling any IDE devices. Not sure > what's going on at this point, really. But > it does fine as a basic CPU server (more > of an interface to Plan 9 from other OS's). > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Steve Simon <st...@quintile.net> wrote: >> i thoufgt th accepted way was, (assumping your machine has an IDE interface), >> to use an IDE to compact flash adapter and and a CF card, and store the >> nvram on this. >> >> this gives you the simple interface of IDE but no rotating disks. >> >> -Steve >> >> > >
