Re: [9front] First time 9front start with qemu

[Bengt Kleberg <bengt.kleberg@travelping.com>]

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Thank you for the explanation about the boot program. It worked.

I will try to modify plan9.ini so that I do not have to enter the commands
manually.

Best Wishes,
bengt

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 at 02:56, Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> wrote:

> On 3/23/24 11:04, Bengt Kleberg wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I try to get 9front running in a x86_64 VM. From
> > https://9front.org/iso I have 9front-10277.amd64.qcow2. From
> > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa3.html#3.3.1 I created the command
> >
> > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 \
> > -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=00:20:91:37:33:77 -net user \
> > -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
> > -drive if=none,id=vd0,file=9front-10277.qcow2.img \
> > -device scsi-hd,drive=vd0
> >
> > This will pop-up a small window with 9front where i can select
> > bootargs and user. Which is good. But I get an error:
> > bind: #i: no frame buffer
> >
> > And then rio can not open display.
> >
> > I get a (rc) shell, but would like graphics.
> >
> > How do I add a frame buffer to either 9front-10277.qcow2.img or to the
> > QEMU command?
>
> The amd64 qcow2 does not configure a graphical interface by default.
> You can change this by changing values in the plan9.ini during boot.
> Those would be. You can do this by pressing keys while it boots until
> you get dropped at a:
>  >
> prompt then typing to following:
>
> vgasize=ask
> monitor=ask
> mouseport=ask
> boot
>
> Or you can just do as another person mentioned in this thread and use the
> ISO file.
>
>

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