One thing we've discussed, many times over the years, is creating a small box that would bootstrap a network of Plan 9 systems, i.e. "9 in a box". It would use coraid ether console (CEC), so no need to find a serial port adapter.
You would get the box, put it on your network, connect to its console over ethernet, and use it to bootstrap an fs, cpu servers, and then a term. The box itself would be the auth server. Plan 9 makes light use of file systems. I remember at lsub in 2011, they had a 32G coraid, and, their previous 10 years work was not close to filling it up. 32G is tiny nowadays, it's a small fraction of an SD card. The bootstrap box could easily hold the storage needed to get a full multi-host network going. The device itself could be one of the many rpi or other boards. I just bought a $40 board with 32G DS, 4G memory -- this would be ideal. This might get around the "I have this USB stick, now what" "first mile" problem. On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM <o...@eigenstate.org> wrote: > '#' paths aren't namespaceable, so they should be used very rarely in > the system. > > Quoth Dworkin Muller <dwor...@weaselfish.com>: > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:45:54 -0600, Jacob Moody <mo...@posixcafe.org> > wrote: > > moody> What do you mean everything uses these # names? > > moody> Can you provide some context on what parts of the terminal > installation > > moody> process you felt like required knowledge of sharp paths? > > moody> What guides are you referring to? > > > > I vaguely recall I was either dealing with something where I had to > > type paths into some sort of boot-shell like thing, or needing to hack > > one of the early-boot rc scripts. Unfortunately, it's been a few > > years. When I get back around to dinking with a Plan 9 system, I'll > > try to keep better notes. > > > > Dworkin ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tabc159d56e7ead54-Ma808e63c40b7908011d24852 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
