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From: John Floren <john@jfloren.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:48:06 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> But as Federico mentioned, you might not want pcdisk--that's for
>> running with a kfs root, which isn't officially supported any more. If
>> you were looking at the 3e guide, that might explain it. These days,
>> for a terminal, you probably want pcf (pc + fossil).
>
> for a terminal, ideally one would be booting off a file server,
> and have no local storage.
>
> but local storage can't be avoided,
> as i see it, on a standalone terminal, simple, speedy, safe
> would trump fs features.  so kfs can't just be excluded.
>
> your tradeoffs may vary.  :-)
>
> - erik
>

There's certainly reasons for using kfs, but for a new user I'd
probably recommend fossil simply because the documentation and most
9fans will assume you're using fossil.

But yeah, *best* option is to netboot a 9pc kernel, it's lovely to
just hit the power button when you're done working.


John