Re: [9fans] accesing a local fossil

["Ezequiel Reyes" <ezequiel.reyes@newhotel.co.cu>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Federico Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] accesing a local fossil

>> had noticed it used a different rio version since it have smaller fonts
and
>> circular menus unlike the liveCD option which I think is older) just to
see
> circular menus?

well, that's what I would call them anyway. In the liveCD system, rio has
normal drop down rectangular menus, while using option 1 starts a rio whose
menus are like pie slice graphic charts with every menu option in a pie. I
think the reason behind it is ergonomics, since the mouse is in the center
of the circle and only a minor move in the right direction will hilight the
correct menu entry. I just recibed a mail telling me these are menus from
and old iso image, so I think what is happening is that the vesa enabled iso
image is old compared to the current standard iso since I am using the
former. Well, in tha case I can only hope vesa becomes part of the standard
iso soon :)

>> %fossil/fossil -f /dev/sdC0/fossil
>check where is your fossil partition
>% ls /dev/sd*/fossil

I did that, my installed fossil went to /dev/sdC0/fossil, I seem to remember
the installer tells it in an auxiliar console while performing install
operations. I even removed the CD just to be sure I could still browse sdC0
without it, besides, only 386 from the arch especific folders was there. In
my system, the CD showed in sdC1 and when I try to boot from hard drive the
message right before stopping tells sdC0 as well.

> open a new window
> % cat file
> edit whatevet you want, snarf the hole thing
> % cat > file
paste the buf and

Yes. I can do that, but I was just curious on why I could not start fossil
on /dev/sdC0/fossil using the liveCD demo but could start it and get the
need /srv/fossil using the install system. Any ideas? I am new to plan 9,
but for what I've read, all I needed was the command: fossil/fossil -f
/dev/sdC0. Is it a problem with the liveCD option or a bad procedure of
mine?