From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3390.192.11.226.116.1074805227.squirrel@www.infernopark.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] standalone cpu server wiki From: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:00:27 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: be882050-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 hi, > the fact that you need another fs to boot from in order to fix fossil > has been complained about before, but nobody has mentioned yet > that (fossil or no fossil) Plan 9 gives you a much more exciting (and > novel!) way of fixing things -- next time your fossil crashes send me > an email and I'll give you an account on ucalgary.ca where you can boot > your system as a terminal and fix your fossil in about 15 > minutes flat. in fact, you can fix pretty much anything from > everywhere as long as you have a decent 9pcdisk kernel to start with. that sounds really cool!! may be it is the documentation that kills. for an experienced 9fan, it is= a good reference material. for someone new, there are many surprises. the document is good as individual parts, but they dont seem to fit together.= i feel something is missing. if someone who is new tries to install using t= he fossil method, i am sure he will be locked up somewhere. thanks dharani