Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread Steve Simon
> anyone have any notes on migrating from kenfs to fossil/venti? I copied some old tar and zip archives from tapes and cds a while back thusly: cpu% @{cd /n/cdrom/fred/1-Apr-2001 && tar cf /fd/1 .} | @{cd /usr/steve/tmp/2001/0104/usr/fred && tar xTf /fd/0} cpu% con -l /srv/fscons

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread geoff
I'll see if there's anything of general use in my notes on migration. As nemo says, if you're running kenfs now, it's probably easiest to use cwfs(4) to keep using your existing file systems, with a small fossil for booting. Migrating from venti to nventi is almost painless and maybe we can make

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread erik quanstrom
> If you're running ken's fileserver, I trust that you're compiling your > own kernels. > > All you have to add to cpu kernels from sources to reinstate IL are > the current /sys/src/9/ip/il.c and add "il" to the kernel > configuration files (or keep your current ones). replica/pull will > remove

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread geoff
If you're running ken's fileserver, I trust that you're compiling your own kernels. All you have to add to cpu kernels from sources to reinstate IL are the current /sys/src/9/ip/il.c and add "il" to the kernel configuration files (or keep your current ones). replica/pull will remove il.c once, bu

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread erik quanstrom
by the way, i am actively working on ken's fs. i have added an aoe initiator (big suprise), an intel ahci driver and a few other things. if you're interested, drop me a note. - erik

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread erik quanstrom
i wrote a paper on how i ported history from ken's fs to ken's fs. i think the technique would work for porting history from any fs to any fs. /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/history.ms however, we have a working kenfs. kenfs has been stable for a very long time. venti+fossil has been problematic f

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On 8/31/07, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for pointing this out. it would make things more > difficult here. > > anyone have any notes on migrating from kenfs to fossil/venti? > in a semi-related question, is their a published procedure for migrating to nventi, or is it pai

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
FTS, did not have cwfs those days. Today we'd probably just copy the storage to new disks and then mount it with cwfs. On 8/31/07, Francisco J Ballesteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Time ago we did it the hard way, just go day from day and archive on venti. > We use vacfs to bind old worm dumps

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Time ago we did it the hard way, just go day from day and archive on venti. We use vacfs to bind old worm dumps below the actual fossil dump on venti. But there's probably a better way. On 8/31/07, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for pointing this out. it would make things mo

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
thanks for pointing this out. it would make things more difficult here. anyone have any notes on migrating from kenfs to fossil/venti? > On Thu Aug 30 18:27:44 EDT 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> In the interest of minimising maintenance, we're going to stop >> maintaining Ken's fs and IL enti

Re: [9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-31 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Aug 30 18:27:44 EDT 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the interest of minimising maintenance, we're going to stop > maintaining Ken's fs and IL entirely. We thank them (and Ken) for > many years of faithful service. We're now running fossil with nventi > on our main file servers. cwfs(4

[9fans] farewell to /sys/src/fs and IL

2007-08-30 Thread geoff
In the interest of minimising maintenance, we're going to stop maintaining Ken's fs and IL entirely. We thank them (and Ken) for many years of faithful service. We're now running fossil with nventi on our main file servers. cwfs(4) now exists, so old juke boxes are still accessible. This does n