From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <878dac2846de0dd0cfee858a31cafe4a@plan9.ucalgary.ca> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] fossil+venti question? From: andrey mirtchovski In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:23:46 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 47df81c2-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > I have a kfs based installation of cpu/auth/terminal box and want to > try the fossil stuff. > > 1. Is there a way to convert kfs installation to fossil+venti? > the 'setting up fossil' section of the wiki will give you instructions on how to set up your fossil partition and move kfs to it, you will need access to both the kfs and fossil disks at the same time. in particular, moving all kfs data onto the fossil can be done with: g% mount /srv/kfs /n/kfs g% disk/mkfs -a -s /n/kfs /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/allproto | disk/mkext -u -d /n/fossil note that the section 'booting standalone fossil' is a bit old since it refers to the 'pcfl' kernels, which were deprecated for 'pcf' -- to boot your fossil use 'fossil/conf -w' to write the fossil configuration to /dev/sd??/fossil, then compile a 'pcf' (or pccpuf if you're running a cpu server) and boot it. > 2. If not how does one do a fresh install using plan9.iso as the > install document states: > > "On the 4th edition CD, the default for filesystem configuration is > fossil+venti. Take note that the boot image on the CD does not have any > venti tools or servers, so this option is non-functional. kfs, even > though it is marked deprecated, is probably the best choice." the fossil installation on the cd is quite stable but you won't get venti configured -- install with the fossil option, update from sources and configure venti as you see fit afterwards. andrey