On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:03 PM, <tlaro...@polynum.com> wrote: > May I suggest to add an "easy" project to the list: review Plan9 > installation. > > The "howto install without" (explaining how to create a Plan9 realm > from another OS if the CD can not be used) that I posted a while > ago did not attract a lot of attention. But dealing with the install, > I saw many details that prevent a more versatile installation. > > And fdisk(8) has still to be fixed (on the stack but too many things > going on with KerGIS or kerTeX for me). > > From what I have seen, it is a light project.
I agree that the install situation could use some work--it can be a little bit odd if you aren't installing from a CD like a good boy, or if you try to build an ISO from somewhere that *isn't* Bell Labs. It's actually pretty straightforward to modify, though; it didn't take me very long to get an iso building and figure out how the installer works. I've already done some tweaking with this in Nix, moving the inst/ programs to /rc/bin/inst, which makes it possible to easily start an installation when booted from the CD with option 2, "boot plan 9 from this cd", eliminating the need for the 9pcflop kernel and its limited root environment. I'd worry that doing an overhaul of the installation process is more of a 1-2 week project, although it would be useful and a very nice simple task. John
