[9fans] Re: Do you think I can use Plan9 ?

[James <thenamek@home.com>]

I tried to put Plan 9 on a P 100, with 16mb memory. It told me I had no
physical memory. Do to some hardware restrictions that I ran into (from old
P 100Mhz to new Geforce Video Cards) It was easier for me to build a Plan 9
box, now that would be poetical and artful. Compuvest1.com has the best Plan
9 compatible parts that I found and real cheap too,  even Mach64 videocards.
Good Luck
James

"Thomas Baruchel" <baruchel@libertysurf.france> wrote in message
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> Brest, le dimanche 19 novembre
>
> Hi, I'm a linux man (tired of linux). I have an old computer and I'm
> wondering what I can put in it. I tried several versions of Linux, Minix,
> Minix-VMD.
> I have 8Mo RAM, and two hard disks: 240Mo + 204Mo + 486processor
> For a poetical reason, I think of putting Plan9 in it...
> (why? well, because I like sam the editor...)
> Do you think it's a good idea ?
> I downloaded the install floppy, and it didn't work! I don't remember why,
but
> if you think it should work, I can try again.
> I also have a CD-ROM (is there a way of getting the CD distribution ?)
> Is there a way of putting a small part of Plan 9 (like I can do with
> Linux: I only use three tools: groff, ghostview, and an editor).
> I don't know anything else about Plan9 (except that I really like SAM :-)
>
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