[9fans] Another new user question
I've been using Plan 9 for one week now and have gotten FTP working. Installed Abaco and gotten that working, plus have Inferno installed but have more questions of course. 1) Is there a way one can write to a mounted filesystem? Just for example, if I wanted to put an executable in /bin ...how would that be done? 2) To mount a cdrom I know I can start 9660srv... but how would I mount another HD? I did not see any other filesystem servers. Thanks-. www.tuol.org .-
Re: [9fans] Another new user question
On Mar 2, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Phil Kassner wrote: I've been using Plan 9 for one week now and have gotten FTP working. Installed Abaco and gotten that working, plus have Inferno installed but have more questions of course. 1) Is there a way one can write to a mounted filesystem? You usually mount a filesystem to a folder in /n. Just use that folder as you would do the rest of the filesystem. Just for example, if I wanted to put an executable in /bin ...how would that be done? /bin is NOT a mounted directory. It is a bound directory. /bin would be bound to four places: - /$objtype/bin - system executables - /rc/bin - system shell scripts - $home/bin/$objtype - user executables - $home/bin/rc - user shell scripts You choose. See bind(1) for details. 2) To mount a cdrom I know I can start 9660srv... but how would I mount another HD? I did not see any other filesystem servers. Depends on the filesystem. If it's fossil, see fossil(4). If it's FAT on USB, use usbfat: The choices are endless, if you know how. Thanks -. www.tuol.org .-
Re: [9fans] Another new user question
1) Is there a way one can write to a mounted filesystem? Just for example, if I wanted to put an executable in /bin...how would that be done? /bin is an empty directory that is then populated by a sequence of binds (you can find them in /lib/namespace and your own lib/profile). so first you work out which one of those you'd like to hold the file (ie, global or just your own private bin). it will typically be one of /$objtype/bin or $home/bin/$objtype for compiled programs and /rc/bin or $home/bin/rc for rc scripts. copy the new command to one of those. in general, given a union mount, files are created in the top-most bind or mount that was bound or mounted using the -c option to allow creation. none of the files bound to /bin have that option so the resulting directory disallows creation. having typed all that in i see that pietro gagliardi has already answered but i'll send this anyway. 2) To mount a cdrom I know I can start 9660srv... but how would I mount another HD? I did not see any other filesystem servers. if a program's primary purpose is to act as a file server, it can be found in section 4 of the manual, so have a browse through that. some others, including those in ndb(8) provide a service by serving some files, but that's just the interface so they are documented wherever the service would naturally belong. (section 8 is admin, which must surely include DNS.)
Re: [9fans] Another new user question
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Charles Forsyth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Another new user question Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 20:32:02 + 1) Is there a way one can write to a mounted filesystem? Just for example, if I wanted to put an executable in /bin...how would that be done? /bin is an empty directory that is then populated by a sequence of binds (you can find them in /lib/namespace and your own lib/profile). so first you work out which one of those you'd like to hold the file (ie, global or just your own private bin). it will typically be one of /$objtype/bin or $home/bin/$objtype for compiled programs and /rc/bin or $home/bin/rc for rc scripts. copy the new command to one of those. in general, given a union mount, files are created in the top-most bind or mount that was bound or mounted using the -c option to allow creation. none of the files bound to /bin have that option so the resulting directory disallows creation. having typed all that in i see that pietro gagliardi has already answered but i'll send this anyway. 2) To mount a cdrom I know I can start 9660srv... but how would I mount another HD? I did not see any other filesystem servers. if a program's primary purpose is to act as a file server, it can be found in section 4 of the manual, so have a browse through that. some others, including those in ndb(8) provide a service by serving some files, but that's just the interface so they are documented wherever the service would naturally belong. (section 8 is admin, which must surely include DNS.) Thank you I have now downloaded the manual _ -. www.tuol.org .-
