From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-edzbgfqaohhkcuuseeelxonvie" Message-Id: <20011113234203.6847D19A50@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:46:54 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 21cfef1a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-edzbgfqaohhkcuuseeelxonvie Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit most equipment i could buy last year offered cd boot. there's no need to upgrade: booting a cd kernel from a floppy or hard disk to run from the cd is nearly as good. it was unfortunate i didn't include a 9pccd on the vita cd last time, but i didn't think of it then. in fact, it was only the recent arrival of a floppy-less thinkpad that reminded me of it. i'll probably put it up on the web site now i've got it. --upas-edzbgfqaohhkcuuseeelxonvie Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1005694366:10:17574:26; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:32:46 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1017250; 13 Nov 2001 23:32 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.30.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 563E919A48; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:32:11 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.89]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 6B1A2199B9 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:31:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from cjl1.demon.co.uk ([194.222.72.34] helo=falken) by anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 163n1P-0000Ss-0V for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:31:15 +0000 Message-ID: <006f01c16c9a$d20e4b00$2248dec2@falken> To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <20011113221737.99A43199DD@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Help: List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:27:53 -0000 How much target h/w has a CD-drive and a BIOS that supports CD-boot? I know mine doesn't! Looks like it's getting time to upgrade. --upas-edzbgfqaohhkcuuseeelxonvie--