From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Fossil defaults (again)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:10:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120108161004.GA545@polynum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53884afde1ea148964060d3f0f9a5fc7@chula.quanstro.net>
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 10:08:54AM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
>
> this only applies to automatic partitioning. if you set up
> partitions manually, it doesn't apply. what do you think
> automatic partitioning should do? should it only be of use
> for installing the distribution, or should it be of general use?
Then---when proposing a new set of installation scripts---I will modify
the scripts to catch the size problem.
>
> why not remove swap from the standard list of partitions? it is
> a very rare machine today that needs swap, and due to the locking
> in port/page.c it's pretty easy to wedge your machine with it.
>
Since the installation is for the general case, probably swap can be
dropped.
[BTW, the scripts in sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/, for newcomers, are IMHO
opinion a good place to start to learn more about Plan9.]
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Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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2012-01-08 11:40 tlaronde
2012-01-08 15:08 ` erik quanstrom
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