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From: Corey <corey@bitworthy.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:08:37 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] first timer - editing plan9.ini
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On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:25:18 John Floren wrote:
> Run 9fat: first, then run acme in the same window. Or, run acme, then
> do the command "Local 9fat:" inside the editor.
>
On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:28:35 Federico G. Benavento wrote:
> cp plan9.ini plan9.ini.old
>
> acme didn't see /n/9fat/plan9.ini because the 9fat partition wasn't
> mounted in its namespace.
>

Thanks all, much obliged.


On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:25:18 John Floren wrote:
> You need to learn about namespaces. And the task you're setting out to
> perform is not a difficult one, especially considering that a terminal
> boots with Acme already showing the readme file--so READ ME.
>

Yep, I like to read readme's.  In fact I read that particular one several
times before querying 9fans.


> The "Local" trick may be the only part that's not obvious.
>

It was also a _key_ part.    (c8=



Anyhow, I'm back on track - thanks for the assist, guys.

Also - the following proved useful to me, once I found it:

http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/michael/blog/0807/newbie-guide.pdf


Beers!