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From: Digby Tarvin digbyt@acm.org
Subject: [9fans] kfs on sparc
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 07:50:53 +0000 (GMT/BST)

>
>I've done this with a MIPS Magnum workstation, but not a sparc.
>You'll need a kernel with kfs support, try 
>'diff /sys/src/9/magnum/magnum /sys/src/9/magnum/magnumdisk' for help with that
>
>There are scripts in the subdirs of /rc/bin for setting up standalone systems
>Take a look at /rc/bin/magnum/home, which preps the disk
>copies the boot partition and kernel, then uses kfs to
>setup the filesystem. You'll probably want to run disk/prep manually.
>You might not need a boot partition with sparcs.
>
>Once your system is setup and running, you can sync it with your
>fileserver by running something like /rc/bin/magnum/update
>
Hi Steve,

Thanks for the clues. 

I hadn't even gotten up to thinking about how I
was going to copy the system onto the disks yet.

Your information should be very helpful.

Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                              digbyt@acm.org
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