From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:24:04 +0000 From: Will Rose cwr@crash.cts.com Subject: [9fans] DVD drive support? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a06b2648-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <20000327082404.vx40X9XUT01x4NyE9z7L73pzgl7mKZU9mPbb6wsyCvE@z> Douglas A. Gwyn wrote: : Bengt Kleberg wrote: :> > 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. : You can use multiple disks in such a case. : There really isn't any excuse for Plan 9 on x86 not cooperating : with the partitioning scheme used by *all* other x86 OSes, : including several flavors of Unix. I started work on this when Plan 9 was first released to the outside world, but never got very far. It doesn't actually seem too difficult, and would be a considerable convenience. If I bring up a Plan 9 system again I'll probably have another shot. Will cwr@cts.com