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From: Corey <corey@bitworthy.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:32:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] yet another installation guide
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On Monday 10 August 2009 22:37:38 John Floren wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@quanstro.net>
wrote:
> > step 17.
> > it's a good idea to always leave a 9fat menu around on your auth server.
> > if you screw a kernel up, you'll really be proud of your self for it!
> >
> > - erik
>
> To add to this, a quick reading of the plan9.ini man page will show
> you how to set timeouts so you can automatically boot into the 9pccpuf
> kernel, but still have a backup around in case things go pear-shaped.
> It only costs a couple extra seconds at boot but it can make life so
> much easier.
>

Thanks for the heads-up, John - I've included a timeout value on the
plan9.ini menu in the next draft version of the howto.


Cheers,

Corey