* Re: [9fans] Installation mechanism
@ 2001-11-13 22:57 Russ Cox
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From: Russ Cox @ 2001-11-13 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
that's on my list. it's easy enough;
maybe it will happen.
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* Re: [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on
@ 2001-11-13 21:39 Mike Haertel
2001-11-13 22:42 ` [9fans] Installation mechanism Jim Choate
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From: Mike Haertel @ 2001-11-13 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>The startup kernel for next release isn't going to fit on a floppy if we
>don't change things. We're (jmk and I mostly) considering suggestions
>for what to do.
>[possibilities elided]
>- ???
Why not split it into two floppies: one containing the kernel proper,
that prompts you to insert the 2nd floppy containing the file system
and all the user level programs.
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* [9fans] Installation mechanism
2001-11-13 21:39 [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on Mike Haertel
@ 2001-11-13 22:42 ` Jim Choate
2001-11-13 22:54 ` Mike Fletcher
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From: Jim Choate @ 2001-11-13 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I vote for a boot floppy with a CD. It's reasonably easy to get a 1G or
less image (not to mention network installs). It's be nice if the CD were
bootable itself.
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Haertel wrote:
> >The startup kernel for next release isn't going to fit on a floppy if we
> >don't change things. We're (jmk and I mostly) considering suggestions
> >for what to do.
> >[possibilities elided]
> >- ???
>
> Why not split it into two floppies: one containing the kernel proper,
> that prompts you to insert the 2nd floppy containing the file system
> and all the user level programs.
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2001-11-13 22:42 ` [9fans] Installation mechanism Jim Choate
@ 2001-11-13 22:54 ` Mike Fletcher
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From: Mike Fletcher @ 2001-11-13 22:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
While we're talking installation procedures, has anyone
considered a 'partitionless' install similar to what
RedHat and Mandrake linux4win do?
It might attract some users who just can't be bothered to
re-partition their disks. They'd just end up with a
regular FAT directory called plan9 containing 9fat and two
large disk image files called fs and swap.
Then bootfile=sdC0!plan9!9fat!9pcdisk
and bootdisk=local!#S/sdC0/plan9/fs
and away you go.
Just a thought. I'd work on it if I had a clue of where
to start...
-Mike Fletcher
EECS Dept.
Tulane University
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