"James A. Robinson" <jim.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: >So in a canonical installation the auth server mounts its root from the >file server? > >On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM Stanley Lieber <s...@9front.org> wrote: > >> The idea is that there is one file system shared by all the >neighboring >> systems. The canonical Plan 9 installation comprises one disk file >server >> and many diskless computing machines (auth servers, cpu servers, >terminals). >>
Yes. You can arrange for hands-free booting by storing the same authid/authdom/password in the nvram of both the file server and the auth server. I usually boot the auth server from a 9fat partition or a USB key, then tcp (actually, tls) mount the root file system from the file server. sl
