Re: [9fans] For the more esoteric mind...

2014-06-29 Thread Peter D. Finn
Hi Shane, I did some off-the-wall promotional posters a while back. They can be found here: http://pdf.multics.org/Propaganda/ They might need some adjustment for A4 stock—since they are all designed to be printed with an edge-bleed. I also did the `time tunnel’ logo; I’ve been meaning to pos

[9fans] For the more esoteric mind...

2014-06-29 Thread Shane Morris
Hello 9fans, I have an itching need for some Plan 9 promotional posters for my new room in the student accommodation here in Newcastle. I was thinking of getting the immortal IWP9 4e "Submit" poster printed on glossy paper at about A3 size, and mounting it on my wall, and possibly the "Time Tunnel

Re: [9fans] Update Raspberry Pi Steps (Wiki Confusion)

2014-06-29 Thread Bakul Shah
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:28:34 CDT Brian Vito wrote: > > I am trying to update my Raspberry Pi, and I've run: > > replica/pull -v /dist/replica/network > > The wiki at > http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Updating_an_ARM_system/index.html > says that I now have to recompile anything which

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread erik quanstrom
> > Nick Owens wrote: > > the obvious hardware is a thinkpad. > Using a laptop as a server seems strange, but is effectively a > simple solution. the regular supermicro server boards are known to work well. the x9 series are better tested than the x10s. but the x10s should work. also the supermi

Re: [9fans] Update Raspberry Pi Steps (Wiki Confusion)

2014-06-29 Thread erik quanstrom
> http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Updating_an_ARM_system/index.html > says that I now have to recompile anything which has changed by running 'mk > install' in the appropriate directory. What is / which are the appropriate > directory(ies)? I can't seem to figure out where the update sour

[9fans] Update Raspberry Pi Steps (Wiki Confusion)

2014-06-29 Thread Brian Vito
I am trying to update my Raspberry Pi, and I've run: replica/pull -v /dist/replica/network The wiki at http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Updating_an_ARM_system/index.html says that I now have to recompile anything which has changed by running 'mk install' in the appropriate directory. Wha

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Jacob Todd
The w510 also works with 9front. WiFi works with wpa2 , ethernet works, native screen resolution of 1366x768 does not currently work, it's stretched 1024x768. I'll mange a full list when I'm home. On Jun 29, 2014 3:02 PM, wrote: > http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/KnownWorkingHardware > ht

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread sl
http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/KnownWorkingHardware http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/hardware/ sl

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread cinap_lenrek
> 1) UEFI bios > > I know that 9load and friends can't handle UEFI bios, but > I'm guessing if it's possible to use GRUB and chainload > Plan9 when the bios is UEFI. Is that possible ? yes, this is possible. the plan9 kernel can be made a multiboot image and loaded by any multiboot loader like gr

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Pierre-Jean
Hello alls, > Nick Owens wrote: > the obvious hardware is a thinkpad. Using a laptop as a server seems strange, but is effectively a simple solution. > Arisawa wrote: > look http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/hardware/ Very handfull. > Steve Simon wrote: > At home I run... That confirm the usual list o

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 5:25 PM, arisawa wrote: > look http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/hardware/ Thank you for the list. I have been looking at adding some cheap hardware to my home as well, to play with venti. It would have been nice if plan9 is ported to one of those NAS boxes. I will try a hand mys

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Steve Simon
Welcome to a clean and simple OS. At home I run a supermicro dual 330 atom motherboard which I use as a combined cpu and auth serevr. I think this is a X7SPA-H-D525 though I honestly don't remember the part and don't want to open it up to look. I have a raspberry pi as a terminal - this works wo

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread arisawa
look http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/hardware/ 2014/06/29 18:32、Pierre-Jean のメール: > 4) Obvious hardware > > More generally, what do you think is the actual obvious > hardware that one can find to build a file server and a cpu > server for home usage ?

Re: [9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Nick Owens
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:32:44AM +0200, Pierre-Jean wrote: > 4) Obvious hardware > > More generally, what do you think is the actual obvious > hardware that one can find to build a file server and a cpu > server for home usage ? the obvious hardware is a thinkpad. hello from 9front on an X301.

[9fans] 2014 hardware overview

2014-06-29 Thread Pierre-Jean
Hello 9fans ! I've discovered Plan9 several years ago, and time to time, I read some documentation or walk throught the archive of this list. And it seems that I'm convinced by plan9 conception. Now, I'd like to give plan9 a real try. And since I need some hardware for that task, I'm querying 9fa