From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] [hangar18-general] Introduction (fwd) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:43:30 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c17fefcc-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:33:06 -0700 From: Brad Davis Reply-To: hangar18-general@open-forge.org To: hangar18-general@open-forge.org Subject: [hangar18-general] Introduction Hi, Some time ago, I bought a PC with Windows 95 for the purpose of doing some on line trading. The computer soon became more fascinating to me than the stock market. However, I became increasingly frustrated with the limits imposed on me by the OS. Somewhere, I read some blurb about something called Linux. I bought the CDs and wiped out the Win95 install. After learning my way around Linux, I discovered the various BSDs. Having lots of fun, I decided it was time for a career change and began learning all things UNIX. I made the move about 5 years ago and now have a really cool tele-commuting UNIX job. An article in the Feb 2004 issue of "Sys Admin" introduced me to Plan 9. I checked the supported hardware list against my inventory of parts, put together a system and installed Plan 9. Interesting. If I understand what I'm looking at, not only is user authentication a non-issue, but the problem we're (UNIX) trying to solve with iSCSI doesn't even exist. Anyway, it looks like I really need to create or join a grid to begin realizing the potential of Plan 9. I'd rather join something since I'll have to install another circuit breaker if I plug anything else in. So... what's needed? Disk? CPU? my understanding so far is that a particular system should provide one or the other but necessarily both. Lots of RTFM to do... -- Brad