On Monday 23 July 2012 08:32:12 Kyle Laracey wrote: > On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:06 PM UTC-4, John Floren wrote: > > 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 > > Wow so do you guys actually netbook Plan9? Where's the central > server? where you work / university or something? Or do you just > have it set up at your homes? Sounds pretty cool...
My fs/auth server is at my house, and I netboot 9vx off of it when I need to get real work done. There used to be a server at RIT that you could do the same thing at, but it doesn't seem to be online anymore. -- Veety
