From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <5d375e920908271227r28126d0n4c00f6fb14127982@mail.gmail.com> <85bf7121860414351258e9f66e14f165@quintile.net> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:18:19 -0700 Message-ID: From: Christopher Nielsen To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso Topicbox-Message-UUID: 58798eee-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Nice work! I think this is great! Thanks for your efforts. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 15:05, Iruata Souza wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Steve Simon wrote: >> 9fat is also a pain in that the 9load file must be created with, >> and retain its append only file, which has a special meaning to 9fat >> telling it to create the file in sequential blocks. >> >> This could (and has) caused problems if you access the 9fat partition >> from os's other than plan9. >> >> The only times I have had to change plan9.ini from somthing else >> than the booted system (because I have broken the boot process) >> I booted the plan9 live cdrom. >> >> I would be happy if 9load and 9fat disappeared and it was >> replaced with a plan9 bootstrap kernel and (say) an rc(1) script. >> > > that's just what 9null is: new pbs, 9pcload (bootstrap kernel), > /boot/boot using rc(1) scripts. > instead of a 'root from' you may get a 'kernel is at' prompt to which > you can ask for a shell (!rc) > > iru > > -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin