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From: "Matt" <matt@proweb.co.uk>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] planning an installation
Date: Sun,  9 Jul 2000 22:13:49 +0100
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Hi,

I've spent some tim ein the last few weeks trying to get a plan9
installation going as it's the most attractive OS I have come across.

Despite the documentation there are a few things I'm not dead sure about and
I'm hoping for some clarification.

I was hopnig to do a single computer installation but from reading through
the list archive I have half drawn the conclusion that this is not the way
to go. Plan9's distributed architecture is attractive on a network but am I
*forced* to have 3 machines dedicated to getting my first workstation going?

On the machine I installed on I couldn't get the network going. I did manage
to get it to respond to pings once but it has elluded me since. (on a
related note how do I ping out - i can't find a ping command anywhere!!)

I suspect that the problem lies with the single machine paradigm but could
use some help getting it going.

thnaks for your time and sorry for being so useless. Coming to something new
like this can really make your head hurt and hopefully it's just something I
can't see buried in the unfamilair.

my /lib/ndb/local

#################
database=
    file=/lib/ndb/local
    file=/lib/ndb/common

ipnet=lucid-net ip=195.182.167.0 ipmask=255.255.255.240
    dns=195.182.164.1
    dns=195.182.164.2
    ipgw=195.182.167.1
    auth=donk
    cpu=donk

# my other computer
ip=195.182.167.2 sys=lorry

#my plan 9 pc
ip=195.182.167.7 sys=donk ether=0020afbd3304
    proto=il

#################

my /rc/bin/termrc

fileserver=kfs
cpu=donk
facedom=FACEDOM
ndb/cs
sysname=`{cat /dev/sysname}
mount -c /srv/boot /n/termrc.tmp
bind -c /n/termrc.tmp/mail /mail
unmount /n/termrc.tmp

# i picked this tip up from mail-list - i was getting dhcp lookups
ip/ipconfig -g 195.182.167.1 195.182.167.7 255.255.255.240

ndb/dns -r

## it then does the normal switch which i wont produce here