On 2/21/25 17:14, Dworkin Muller wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:03:11 -0600, Jacob Moody <mo...@posixcafe.org> wrote: > moody> This is not quite the case though, /dev/drivers gives you a mapping of > the > moody> single character names to their "full" names. This name then > corresponds to > moody> their entry within section 3 of the manual pages. Where you'll find > specific > moody> documentation of the device interface. > > Sure. Once you have a system up and running, great (and I'm not sure > I've actually seen that described in any intro document). > > However, I'm talking about the scenario where you know absolutely > nothing because you want to find out what this Plan 9 thing, and are > starting from scratch trying to get an initial installation booted on > hardware that may or may not be completely supported in the first > place, and have no idea what you're doing, but the few follow-by-rote > walkthroughs aren't quite working, and everything uses the #<foo> > names. >
What do you mean everything uses these # names? Can you provide some context on what parts of the terminal installation process you felt like required knowledge of sharp paths? What guides are you referring to? If you have specific examples of sections where you felt lost while getting the system setup for the first time, or where things were not exactly clear. I'd be happy to take a look and see if we need to add some more context. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tabc159d56e7ead54-M076c15995a6b4ba55e51802b Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
