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

[Will Rose cwr@crash.cts.com]

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

:> Bengt Kleberg <bengt@softwell.se> wrote:
: ....deleted
:> : 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?

I see - you're speaking of a machine using Plan 9 only. I was thinking
of machines running multiple OSes.  It looks like a fundamental
incompatibility then.  Are disks moved between machines a lot?  I tend
to copy stuff, rather than physically move disks.


Will
cwr@cts.com