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From: Jolt-Freak stephen@ph01480.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: [9fans] DVD drive support?
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:35:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000323093540.cmnNruSK2hK8CBCw7IzOTXepSw0qEXS4PYAWvux7_Wg@z> (raw)

>> Anyway, I would *sure* like Plan 9 on x86 to honor the standard
>> disk partitioning scheme, instead of living in "empty space".
>
>Actually, it is quite neat. Ie means that it is possible to have 5 OSs installed,
>despite the standard 4 partitions is max.

True, but I think it would be better to choose between the two, then
if you only had 1 OS (plan9) you could install it on a partition, but
if you needed all the 5 OS's you could also install it in the free
space.

Jolt-Freak

>Best Wishes, Bengt
>===============================================================
>Everything aforementioned should be regarded as totally private
>opinions, and nothing else. bengt@softwell.se
>``His great strength is that he is uncompromising. It would make
>him physically ill to think of programming in C++.''




             reply	other threads:[~2000-03-23  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-03-23  9:35 Jolt-Freak [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-03-27  8:24 Will
2000-03-24 14:37 Nigel
2000-03-24 14:07 jmk
2000-03-24 10:49 forsyth
2000-03-24 10:11 Bengt
2000-03-24  9:32 Douglas
2000-03-22  8:41 Bengt
2000-03-22  2:16 YAMANASHI
2000-03-21 17:56 Douglas
2000-03-21  4:08 jmk
1994-03-27  2:59 okamoto
1994-03-22  1:01 okamoto
1994-03-21  1:29 okamoto

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