From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:07:59 +0000 From: Will Rose cwr@crash.cts.com Subject: [9fans] My view of Plan 9 and it's future Topicbox-Message-UUID: afc49034-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <20000522100759.MsBmceJW4bKVyGRgFLnubkclN6FEW24cJcgNxTPN94Q@z> Bengt Kleberg wrote: : In article <8g3orv$2m9f$1@thoth.cts.com>, Will Rose wrote: :> Bengt Kleberg 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