[9fans] My view of Plan 9 and it's future

[Bengt Kleberg bengt@softwell.se]

In article <8g3orv$2m9f$1@thoth.cts.com>, Will Rose <cwr@crash.cts.com> wrote:

> Bengt Kleberg <bengt@softwell.se> wrote:
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> : I really appreciated that Plan9 would 'hide' at the end of the disk,
> : no matter what OS that had formatted/labeled the disk in question.
> : If the new release uses PC standard partition table
> : it should mean that I can no longer move a disk from x86 Plan9
> : to Sparc Plan9. Or am I wrong?
>
> It can stay in the same place on the disk; just update the (PC-style)
> partition table accordingly, so other (PC) OSes know its there.  OSes
> that don't use the table won't be affected.
>
A disk formatted for use on a Sparc system is not formatted for a (PC) OS.
It has another kind of table in the beginning of the disk.
Will Plan9 accept that disk on a PC, or will Plan9 on x86 machines now
require a (PC-style) partition table?