I tried again, after applying some updates that showed up and rebooting, and am now getting a different result:
rob@rob-orinnano:~$ systemctl status nvpmodel.service
○ nvpmodel.service - nvpmodel service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nvpmodel.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2024-08-02 14:38:06 MDT; 51s ago
Process: 86348 ExecStart=/etc/systemd/nvpmodel.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 86348 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 8ms
Bob and I are acquainted with each other. We are both using NVME SSD storage devices (different ones). Mine is a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB with heatsink.
Contents of /etc/nv_boot_control.conf:
rob@rob-orinnano:~$ cat /etc/nv_boot_control.conf
TNSPEC 3767-300-0005-N.1-1-1-jetson-orin-nano-devkit-
COMPATIBLE_SPEC 3767--0005--1--jetson-orin-nano-devkit-
TEGRA_BOOT_STORAGE nvme0n1
TEGRA_CHIPID 0x23
TEGRA_OTA_BOOT_DEVICE /dev/mtdblock0
TEGRA_OTA_GPT_DEVICE /dev/mtdblock0