On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> But as Federico mentioned, you might not want pcdisk--that's for >> running with a kfs root, which isn't officially supported any more. If >> you were looking at the 3e guide, that might explain it. These days, >> for a terminal, you probably want pcf (pc + fossil). > > for a terminal, ideally one would be booting off a file server, > and have no local storage. > > but local storage can't be avoided, > as i see it, on a standalone terminal, simple, speedy, safe > would trump fs features. so kfs can't just be excluded. > > your tradeoffs may vary. :-) > > - erik >
There's certainly reasons for using kfs, but for a new user I'd probably recommend fossil simply because the documentation and most 9fans will assume you're using fossil. But yeah, *best* option is to netboot a 9pc kernel, it's lovely to just hit the power button when you're done working. John
