Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-06 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > concat > us Since concat'ing us may be disgusting, I should have written "contact us". sorry.

[9fans] 9n

2013-06-06 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Hi, I have copied at sources.lsub.org/9n a copy of a modified plan 9 kernel that has a new mount table and mount driver, (everything near namec changed), along with a variant of fossil that speaks 9P2000.ix aka 9pix. See 9n.README for the details. It's experimental, so use with caution. I'm usin

Re: [9fans] Hardware recommandations for new CPU and file servers

2013-06-06 Thread hiro
I just use old thinkpads from the scrapyard. schrotti is an old x20 with broken screen, connected is one sata hdd via pcmcia. The main file server is an x60 with docking station and pcmcia sata card, together this gives me 4 sata ports. You just need the right cables (ebay china). In terms of websc

Re: [9fans] Hardware recommandations for new CPU and file servers

2013-06-06 Thread Richard Miller
> For something low power you can use an external power brick and a "picoPSU" > DC-DC converter with 12V in and 5V + 12V out with appropriate connectors. Yes - I use picoPSU with both atom and core i5 (low-power 2500T model), and find them very reliable. Besides being fanless they take up hardly

Re: [9fans] Fossil disk usage over 100%?

2013-06-06 Thread Aaron Sawyer
In article <20130603202129.ga84...@intma.in>, kh...@intma.in says... > > On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 03:41:39PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > which is to say that the thesis that fossil sucks is refuted. > > > > - erik > > *now* I know what you guys meant by 'snarky comments.' > > "Just the plac

Re: [9fans] Hardware recommandations for new CPU and file servers

2013-06-06 Thread lucio
> if it is affordable use diesel generators I have a UPS that won't sync with the generator, there are engineering excuses for this, but it's ridiculous that two expensive pieces of equipment can't cooperate to solve the problem they are designed to address. It's that type of absurdity that makes

Re: [9fans] Hardware recommandations for new CPU and file servers

2013-06-06 Thread lucio
> Still, a laudable goal. Have you checked out various > do-it-yourself sites? I think I have a cultural inability to search the web, but I certainly did try. That I actually found a single supplier of Li-Ion battery backed-up PSUs for desktop computers suggests that there is the engineering savv

Re: [9fans] Hardware recommandations for new CPU and file servers

2013-06-06 Thread Bakul Shah
On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:48:14 +0200 lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > What capacity and features were you looking for? > > I'm looking to eliminate the 220V circuit between UPS and PSU > altogether, I believe it to be archaic and inefficient. I'm also > looking for multiple inputs, so that eventuall