From: mveety@gmail.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:29:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2452258.oMu2zgeCdk@as-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0e3439c1-dcf2-49e8-bbd1-db0605edcc70@googlegroups.com>
On Monday 23 July 2012 08:32:12 Kyle Laracey wrote:
> On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:06 PM UTC-4, John Floren
wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, erik quanstrom
> > <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote: >> But as
Federico mentioned,
> > you might not want pcdisk--that's for >> running
with a kfs
> > root, which isn't officially supported any more. If
>> you were
> > looking at the 3e guide, that might explain it. These days,
>> for
> > a terminal, you probably want pcf (pc + fossil).
> > >
> > > for a terminal, ideally one would be booting off a file
server,
> > > and have no local storage.
> > >
> > > but local storage can't be avoided,
> > > as i see it, on a standalone terminal, simple, speedy,
safe
> > > would trump fs features. so kfs can't just be
excluded.
> > >
> > > your tradeoffs may vary. :-)
> > >
> > > - erik
> > >
> >
> > There's certainly reasons for using kfs, but for a new
user I'd
> > probably recommend fossil simply because the documentation
and most
> > 9fans will assume you're using fossil.
> >
> > But yeah, *best* option is to netboot a 9pc kernel, it's
lovely to
> > just hit the power button when you're done working.
> >
> >
> > John
>
> Wow so do you guys actually netbook Plan9? Where's the central
> server? where you work / university or something? Or do you
just
> have it set up at your homes? Sounds pretty cool...
My fs/auth server is at my house, and I netboot 9vx off of it
when I need to get real work done. There used to be a server at
RIT that you could do the same thing at, but it doesn't seem to
be online anymore.
--
Veety
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-23 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-19 9:07 [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error "rc: #d/0: kalaracey
2012-07-19 9:16 ` Federico Benavento
2012-07-19 14:25 ` [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error Kyle Laracey
2012-07-19 9:17 ` [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error "rc: #d/0: Charles Forsyth
2012-07-19 14:25 ` [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error Kyle Laracey
2012-07-19 16:59 ` John Floren
[not found] ` <CAL4LZyhADVbrwhAE2c4xmhwLhZyng8VhbWUkZNAepL17G_u9GA@mail.gmail.c>
2012-07-19 17:21 ` erik quanstrom
2012-07-19 17:48 ` John Floren
2012-07-19 9:20 ` [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error "rc: #d/0: David du Colombier
2012-07-23 8:32 ` [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error Kyle Laracey
2012-07-23 11:14 ` hiro
2012-07-23 12:32 ` Matthew Veety
2012-07-23 12:29 ` mveety [this message]
2012-07-23 16:42 ` John Floren
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