the last time I played with Plan9, I downloaded the i386 version for my little machine, but they also had versions for storage and compute servers on lots of different architectures. I downloaded it from Bell Labs web site when I got it, but that was sometime ago.
At that time you had to have a i386 type machine to start it up to setup initial controller but then you could turn on IBM, CDC, DEC, SUN, and i386 type machines used for various purposes in the 'net that Plan9 is. One of the neatest features I remember was the 'no erase' file system. All files were written to disk, then one time writable media. You could 'cd' to any point in the past to see what the entire file system (you have permissions to read) looked like at any point in time. If this was implemented right, we would have warehouses of DVD's (they used WORM technologies at the time). The one time I talked with Dennis Richie, we spoke about Plan9. He spoke about the file system and how it was handled. Evidently whenever WORM was upgraded (doubled every year or so in density) they would actually migrate to new WORM all the historic data, and it was only the doubling of density that kept WORM viable for their use. It was a fun conversation. Dennis was a neat man to meet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
