From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ECA333A.2010600@gmail.com> References: <4ECA333A.2010600@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:46:38 +0200 Message-ID: From: Sergey Kish To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx instability Topicbox-Message-UUID: 42089162-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Jens, vx32-hg is already in AUR http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28147Maybe it should use rminnich/vx32 repo by default /_hgroot/c_hgroot="https://bitbucket.org/rminnich/vx32". On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Jens Staal wrote: > On 11/21/11 12:01, yy wrote: >>> >>> 9vx-hg (checked out 2011.11.17) - cmd line (9vx -r 9front -u glenda) >>> 9front iso image - 9front-1131.664b953bfdde (I've copied it's contents >>> and >>> `chmod -R u+w`ed it) >> >> If you are using a modern version of 9vx (rminnich's repository at >> bitbucket) you don't need to copy the contents of the iso, you can >> just run 9vx with -r 9front.iso. > > That sounds very interesting! I packaged 9vx in AUR ( > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49816) and tried to put up a wiki > ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/9vx). I have done some rather stupid > suggestions about how to deal with permissions and other stuff like that... > > What I would like to know is if you can boot a plan9 system from iso via 9vx > as "persistent" partition whereas changes are saved to another directory (so > basically setting up a union mount between the iso and a directory) - > alternatively specifying an alternative path for $home using 9vx booting > from an iso. > >