Re: [9fans] micro vs monolithic kernels

["Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>]

sorry, i didn't qualify that properly.
you wouldn't expect, having just been exposed to
windows for the first time, to set up an nt file
server properly in a few hours.  ditto for linux.

once you've done it a few times, and once you know
your way around the system, sure, all of them become
much quicker to install.  for the last six years, i've
run a linux internet gateway at my old high school.
the first time i set it up it took me hundreds (!) of
hours, despite familiarity with linux.  (the computing
environment there was quite peculiar and inserting linux
required much tailoring.)  the last time i set it up
it took three hours.

i agree that it'd be great to have the plan 9 cpu and
file servers be easier to install.  doing a cpu
install program wouldn't be too hard.  doing a file
server install program will require waiting for the
new file server, since the current one doesn't allow
arbitrary processes to run on it: what you see is
all you get.

russ