On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, erik quanstrom wrote: > > > The Fossil partition being the partition where Plan9 will be running. > > > Venti should then be on another partition? > > > > > Yes. > > i don't think that this conveys the right meaning. plan 9 is compatable with > fdisk-style partitions, but typically subpartitions them with prep-style > partitions. > so, you need only one fdisk partition, which can be repartitioned with prep. > clear? > > cf. http://www.quanstro.net/magic/man2html/8/prep > http://www.quanstro.net/magic/man2html/8/venti-fmt
Ok! I get the *sub* partition thing. > > > > I wouldn't try it with less than a 20 GB disk, with say 2 GB for > > > > Fossil and the rest for Venti; unless you start storing music and > > > > video on there, that should give you plenty of room to work with. > > > > > > Ok! Can Venti be managed? As in, every so often, purge what isn't > > > needed? > > No. [snip] > i don't use venti, i use the original file server, but this still holds > true of any worm system. in the 6 years i've had my worm, i've used > 12gb. yet the size of my worm went from 18gb to 1500gb. So the sub-partition fossil is mounts a WORM drive/device? or can this sub-partition be another box on the network? Plan 9 is sufficiently different from mainstream OSes, that it would be nice to have a diagram available of how all the parts fit together, along with the different terminology (in some cases) being used. Anything like that exist? -- Duke
