Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error

[Kyle Laracey <kalaracey@gmail.com>]

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:06 PM UTC-4, John Floren wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> >> But as Federico mentioned, you might not want pcdisk--that's for
> >> running with a kfs root, which isn't officially supported any more. If
> >> you were looking at the 3e guide, that might explain it. These days,
> >> for a terminal, you probably want pcf (pc + fossil).
> >
> > for a terminal, ideally one would be booting off a file server,
> > and have no local storage.
> >
> > but local storage can't be avoided,
> > as i see it, on a standalone terminal, simple, speedy, safe
> > would trump fs features.  so kfs can't just be excluded.
> >
> > your tradeoffs may vary.  :-)
> >
> > - erik
> >
>
> There's certainly reasons for using kfs, but for a new user I'd
> probably recommend fossil simply because the documentation and most
> 9fans will assume you're using fossil.
>
> But yeah, *best* option is to netboot a 9pc kernel, it's lovely to
> just hit the power button when you're done working.
>
>
> John

Wow so do you guys actually netbook Plan9? Where's the central
server? where you work / university or something? Or do you just
have it set up at your homes? Sounds pretty cool...