From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:06:32 -0700 Message-ID: From: ron minnich To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Additional compilers under 9vx.OSX Topicbox-Message-UUID: cdbb6370-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Anthony Sorace wrote: > On Apr 7, 2011, at 11:45, Paul Lalonde wrote: > >> Fortunately you can build a case-insensitive file system on a mac, withi= n a file. > > Just in case this wasn't obvious, you can do this with the real, on-disk = filesystem, too. There's no "upgrading" an existing FS, so this is most pra= ctical when getting a new box, but it's the first thing I do to a new Mac (= it's nice for reasons other than just 9vx). I know several other people who= do the same. The only reported problems are MS Office and a few games port= ed (poorly) from Windows. > > (Er, and the OS X AoE driver, initially, but the maker has fixed that) I considered making the osx root case-sensitive but found too many "don't do this" stories on the web, in particular concerning MS office. I hate it but I have to have a working MS office to get along with corporate. ron