From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:45:57 -0300 Message-ID: From: Iruata Souza To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso Topicbox-Message-UUID: 58461064-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:38 PM, erik quanstrom wrot= e: >> > It has not been a problem for anyone I know. It might not be perfect >> > or beautiful, but I have yet to hear any suggestion for a replacement >> > that has all the advantages of 9fat (simple, reliable, easily >> > accessible from other systems, etc.) >> >> I think "easily accessible from other systems" should be removed >> from the list. =C2=A0There are alternatives, such as booting a live cd. >> Many other operating systems also keep their kernels on native >> filesystems and do not suffer because of it. > > i have found it convienent to be able to update a kernel > from linux, osx, windows. =C2=A0i would imagine this is important > for vm solutions, too. =C2=A0do you think it's preferable to build > a live cd for this including the little bit prepared in another > os? =C2=A0i've found live cds to be pretty annoying to maintain. > as i said early in this thread, with 9null you kernel may live in any fs you like as long as Plan 9 has can read it.