From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:32:12 +0000 From: Kyle Laracey Message-ID: <0e3439c1-dcf2-49e8-bbd1-db0605edcc70@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <1f5637de-024f-48d6-97c7-aba6cf870a7c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error Topicbox-Message-UUID: a48a975e-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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...