On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, David Leimbach wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Duke Normandin <dukeofp...@ml1.net> wrote: > > > Just read: > > > > http://lsub.org/magic/man2html/1/0intro > > > > [quote] > > Plan 9 is a distributed computing environment assembled from separate > > machines acting as terminals, CPU servers, and file servers.[/quote] > > > > Does the above imply, that ideally Plan9 should be running on a LAN? > > Not so good as the OS on a stand-alone box? > > -- > > Duke > > > > A lot of us with just one machine to spare tend to install the system, then > build and configure a CPU/Auth/FS server on one box, or even just a VMWare > or other virtualization instance.
OK! So it _is_ possible to run a "full" Plan9 OS in one partition, on one machine? > With plan 9 you do not have to run your CPU, authentication and file system > parts of your computing system all in one place I understand. In bygone days, Unix shops ran exactly that way. A central file server box, with terminals 9or workstations) connected to it. > From there we can log into our plan 9 server using unix programs like > drawterm, or even 9vx, each of which are more or less ports of Plan 9 to > other OSes with different pros and cons. You bet! > With plan 9 you do not have to run your CPU, authentication and file > system parts of your computing system all in one place, and really, > you can just run a terminal and play around with that to get started > if you like. I don't have any extra boxes to play around with at the moment. So if I can let one partition be Plan9 - in all it's glory - so much the better. -- Duke
