Re: [9fans] THnX status?
So how far did you get? I'm currently reading about that package system and think we could send a 9vx package to the maintainer when ready... I'm also not sure yet about the best way of binding packages directly into the filesystem instead of ftp getting them On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM, ron minnich rminn...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Anthony Sorace ano...@gmail.com wrote: Tiny Core Linux looks interesting. Played around a bit in a VM tonight and will be trying it on the ThinkPad tomorrow. I'm curious about your setup. I assume you're using 9vx directly for graphics, no more drawterm? You run within X? yes, because I don't think there is a vx32 implemention that uses devfb. Which is just as well, the devfb drawterm was nice but when it fails, well, you're in trouble. I'd like to have a cdrom that just boots up into tinycore and vx32. ron
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
Tiny Core Linux looks interesting. Played around a bit in a VM tonight and will be trying it on the ThinkPad tomorrow. I'm curious about your setup. I assume you're using 9vx directly for graphics, no more drawterm? You run within X? My attempt tomorrow is going to be giving a GB or two to Linux and the rest to fossil, trying to integrate the localfs and native ethernet patches to 9vx, and booting off that. The combination does look like a very nice starting point.
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Anthony Sorace ano...@gmail.com wrote: Tiny Core Linux looks interesting. Played around a bit in a VM tonight and will be trying it on the ThinkPad tomorrow. I'm curious about your setup. I assume you're using 9vx directly for graphics, no more drawterm? You run within X? yes, because I don't think there is a vx32 implemention that uses devfb. Which is just as well, the devfb drawterm was nice but when it fails, well, you're in trouble. I'd like to have a cdrom that just boots up into tinycore and vx32. ron
[9fans] THnX status?
I recently got a relatively modern ThinkPad. I figured it might be a good chance to play with something new, and THnX has always looked interesting. I have Ron's stuff from August or so; is that still the latest? Is there a better way to run Plan 9 in lguest, with as minimal a Linux underneath as practical? The README is specific to running off a USB stick; is there another set of instructions somewhere for running off the HD?
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
skip lguest. What I'm looking at now is tinycore linux: tinycorelinux.org and vx32. Much easier. Makes a nice terminal. I have to add some things to it, it doesn't come w/wireless. ron
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
On 03/16/09 06:01 PM, ron minnich wrote: skip lguest. What I'm looking at now is tinycore linux: tinycorelinux.org and vx32. Much easier. Makes a nice terminal. I have to add some things to it, it doesn't come w/wireless. That is all fine for the terminal (I suppose you really mean running tinycorelinux.com on bare metal and running 9vx on top of it) but shouldn't there also be a [para]virtualization solution for Plan9? You say 'skip lguest' -- that's fine. But what's the best alternative for running Plan9 server on the same bare metal that needs to run something else? Thanks, Roman.
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Roman V. Shaposhnik r...@sun.com wrote: You say 'skip lguest' -- that's fine. But what's the best alternative for running Plan9 server on the same bare metal that needs to run something else? OK, for that, lguest is great. I am thinking entirely in terms fo supporting what THNX was for, i.e. a laptop terminal, and for that, I think that vx32 is a better base. ron
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
You say 'skip lguest' -- that's fine. But what's the best alternative for running Plan9 server on the same bare metal that needs to run something else? I find VMware ESX (server 3i) pretty robust, whereas VMware server under Ubuntu makes Ubuntu somewhat more fragile than if I don't start any virtual machines, keeping in mind that bits of VMware server start up at boot time. Ubuntu itself jams solid, which may be a memory problem. NetBSD runs on ESX at the same time as Plan 9 and it switches off reproduceably pretty abruptly when I try to FTP the GNU directory from gnu.org, I haven't had occasion to trigger anything in the same vein for Plan 9. I do confess that both virtual machines tend to be underutilised and the NetBSD failure does not occur under normal circumstances. ++L
Re: [9fans] THnX status?
NetBSD runs on ESX at the same time as Plan 9 and it switches off reproduceably pretty abruptly when I try to FTP the GNU directory from gnu.org, good to see the netbsd guys have taste! - erik
