From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <200908102200.20645.corey@bitworthy.net> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:37:38 -0700 Message-ID: <7d3530220908102237y3beb0f21u5de6fe245005fc7d@mail.gmail.com> From: John Floren To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] yet another installation guide Topicbox-Message-UUID: 415e3340-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM, erik quanstrom 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. John -- "Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing" -- Rob Pike