From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9, non visual
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:07:09 -0500
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> Any real OS would have
> provision for people who couldn't care less about the window manager.

So that's why Plan 9 didn't catch on!  (Sorry, thread convergence.)

>  So my question; how can I install without having to make use of rio?

If you look in the 9fans archives in summer 2000, you'll find
instructions on modifying the installation scripts to run without rio.
I plan to make this a more supported option in the next release.

Russ