Re: [9fans] a few misc. questions...

["Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>]

there is also this...

http://www.magma.com.ni/moin/Plan9Tutorial



On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Corey<corey@bitworthy.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the comments everyone.
>
>
> Once I got to a point where I had a cpu/auth server kindof working, and had
> become slightly more comfortable with the bare rudimentary basics of
> working in rio & acme, I decided to stop, and start all over again from
> scratch - but this time taking extensive notes on each particular little
> step, and integrating the advice and knowledge I've been gleaning
> from my questions to 9fans.
>
> I'm doing this because I'd like to turn my notes into a fairly complete Plan 9
> tutorial, aimed toward interested and motivated users who have no existing
> prior Plan 9 experience.
>
> I know that there's plenty of good documentation on the web and on
> the system via the man pages, but I'd like to put together something
> more cohesive and organized and which progresses from simple topics
> to more advanced topics in fairly logical manner.
>
> So, I'm beginning with a tutorial that details the focused task of _simply_
> getting a mere standalone terminal installed and configured, either onto a
> machine or using qemu. Having followed this first chapter (installation), the
> newly operable terminal will then be used by the tutorial as the platform from
> which to introduce the reader/user to the initial primary topics any Plan 9
> user ought to be familiar with:
>
>   intro to basic security
>   intro to rio
>   intro to man
>   intro to acme
>   intro to rc and basic commands, and directory structure
>   intro to /usr/<user>/[bin,lib] files, and how/when to use
>   intro to namespaces
>   intro to pull
>   intro to sources
>   intro to the boot sequence and what gets executed when and how
>   intro to filesystems: kfs and/or fossil
>   intro to patch
>   intro to 9fans, etiquette and Plan 9 idioms
>
> These are placed in the order to which each topic will be introduced, and
> each intro will purposefully be rather short, say, 1-3 pages - mere basic,
> introductory level amount of detail; each chapter will end with references
> to further information relevant to the topic.
>
>
> From there, I can add other tutorials, where each tutorial progresses a
> step or so toward more advanced uses - and each beginning with an
> installation and configuration chapter, which then leads into various
> other chapters detailing specific topics closely related to the tutorial's
> major topic.
>
> 1: standalone terminal installation & configuration tutorial
>
> 2: cpu server intallation & configuration tutorial
>
> 3: authentication server configuration tutorial
> (takes the above cputerm and adds auth)
>
> 4: terminal connected to cpu/auth server configuration
> (takes the standalone terminal, and explains how to connect to
> the user's new cpu/auth server from tutorial #3)
>
> 5: fileserver installation and configuration
>
> 6: terminal connected to fileserver configuration
>
>
> ... so a total of, maybe 6 tutorials, that combined, pretty much hit the
> common use cases - organized in a logical progressive order that a reader
> can follow through from start to finish and have a pretty decent handle of a
> typical Plan 9 environment upon completing.
>
>
> Anyhow, just wanted to get that out there; I'll just have to see whether
> I keep the momentum - hopefully I will. Once I have something more
> concrete I'll be sure to host it somewhere, preferably via a medium that
> allows community edits/comments, etc.
>
> ( this is assuming nothing similar already exists - I was unable to really
> find anything along the same lines; closest was this newbie-guide:
> http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/michael/blog/0807/newbie-guide.pdf )
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Tuesday 21 July 2009 22:21:16 Corey wrote:
>> In no particular order.  Your help is very much appreciated - still getting
>> my legs on w/ plan 9; I make a real effort not to query the list until I'm
>> at a standstill.
>>
>
>
>



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Federico G. Benavento