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Date: Sun,  6 Mar 2005 19:25:36 -0700
From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, John Stalker wrote:

> I've no particular need for Linux, but I would like to be able to switch
> between a BSD and p9 without a reboot and to transfer files without
> going through a DOS partition.  I also had an idea of playing a bit with
> a p9 ``network'' on one machine.

then, it's handy. You can do a p9 network, you can run linux with BSD and
Plan 9 guests, and so on. Reduce linux to playing the role of device
driver layer.

ron