From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <14ec7b180511260642o75397d84k91639121dfc86b53@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:42:46 -0700 From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Fossil on devfs In-Reply-To: <20051126153450.2d711722.20h@r-36.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <14ec7b180511221137r6a477866pe2dcf7adfcddc83@mail.gmail.com> <14ec7b180511260555r4e2ab580m74b09ec3d56f0612@mail.gmail.com> <20051126153450.2d711722.20h@r-36.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: b1cfbdba-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 9grid.de mirrors 9fat too, so if one HDD crashes, that you can boot the > other disk with the second boot option - without devfs -, go to the next > shop and buy a replacement. i have options in plan9.ini for booting from the first or the second hard drive via different bootargs options. i wouldn't want to boot a system with a dead hard drive casually as if nothing has happened. if anything, a failed boot will force me to mirror the other drive onto a new disk.