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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:10:01 -0700
From: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Jacob Todd wrote:

> On Jan 13, 2011 9:32 AM, "Duke Normandin" <dukeofperl@ml1.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello 9fans ...
> >
> > I'm _totally_ new to Plan9! Two days ago I had never heard of
> > it. Yesterday I DLed the LiveCD - now I want to know more.
> >
> > The closest I've come to such an OS as Plan9, is the Native Oberon
> > OS. I have a partition which I can overwrite. Does the LiveCD
> > installation process allow me to abort the process if I see that
> > things are not proceeding smoothly (like I need to gather some
> > hardware info, etc)?
> >
> You can, just reboot with ^t rr. ;)
>
> > Should I be installing Lucent's Plan9 or a more recent derivative, if
> > any?
> >
> There's a iso by erik quanstrom called 9atom. It has some extra hardware
> support. Just google 9atom
>
> > Is there software available for this OS? Or do I have to write my own?
> >
> There's plenty of software. Most of it is in contrib.
>
> > What is the primary development language for Plan9? C? What languages
> > have been ported to Plan9?
> Ansi c with some changes.
>
> >
> > Where are the best docs? TIA...
> See /sys/doc and the wiki. Also, you may want to google 9.intro.pdf.

^t rr  is cool
9atom noted
just Dled 9.intro.pdf

Thanks a bunch!

Just to be forewarned ...

When I start the install process from the Live CD, I'll probably be
asked to choose a partition where I want Plan9 to live, right?

I'll choose one; it'll warn me that the partition is already in use,
do I want to overwrite it? I'll reply, yes, and BOOM the partition is
committed to Plan9. The rest of my partitions are left alone! - right?
Much obliged.

--
Duke Normandin
Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada