Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9

2015-07-27 Thread Daryl M
I may be showing my age, but Harvey was a 6' tall invisible rabbit. "Harvey", 1950, starring James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six-foot rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be w

Re: [9fans] OT: hard realtime, timing diagram GUI.

2014-05-08 Thread Daryl M
Steve, The only code timing-diagram-like tool I am aware of is Windriver's WindView for VxWorks. I have successfully used digital logic timing diagrams in the past to view task timing and interaction. They are especially useful for multiprocessor systems. I think the determining factor would be

Re: [9fans] GPT partitions

2014-04-28 Thread Daryl M
Jens, I am currently working on a UEFI boot loader for Plan9. The initial version will be 32-bit but should be followed shortly by an x64 (64 bit) version. I'm hoping to be able to switch automatically between MBR and GPT schemes. The Plan9 kernel appears to make many assumptions about its envir

[9fans] Newby Question on setting hostname

2014-04-07 Thread Daryl M
he machine name? #1, #3, #4, or something else? Thank you, Daryl M

[9fans] Introduction and Grandiose Plans

2014-04-03 Thread Daryl M
ersion really matters. Under v4.2.6 I was unable to boot either the Plan9.iso or 9atom.iso. I switched to v4.3.10 and both started working with no other changes to the VM. I should really switch to QEMU, but inertia is a powerful force. Sincerely, Daryl M. Portland, Oregon USA <>