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From: G. David Butler gdb@dbS...
Subject: [9fans] plan9 for PC <-> Distributed OS?
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:55:49 -0600

>From: Russell Davies <c9415019@lil...>
>
>I'm looking for accounts of people who have gone beyond
>merely installing plan9 on an isolated workstation

I have a network at home consisting of 2 file servers,
1 cpu server and 3 terminals.  (Adaptec 1542 and 1740
SCSI cards, 3Com 3c515 and 3com 3c509 ethernet cards.)

The internet platform has 2 file servers each with 100 Gig
of mirrored storage connected to a switched network and
2 cpu servers connected to the same network and, using
additional controllers, connected to an external network
to the internet.  (DPT PM2041W SCSI cards and 3com 3c515
ethernet cards.)

All of the file and cpu servers are network booted using
NIC boot ROMs (Lanworks on 3com 3c515s) except the standalone
bootp/tftp/auth server.

My home system is used for development and fun.  The internet
platform (in testing) will host public internet based services. 

Plan 9 works.

David Butler
gdb@dbS...