From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:58:45 +0200 From: Jens Arm To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] p9 installation in qemu Message-Id: <20070615095845.209d7918.Jens.Arm@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20070614105008.0052a4fb.Jens.Arm@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7f221e9c-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > I'm new to p9 and before installing on real hardware I want to try it in qemu. > > Hello and welcome on board! Thank you, for the answers. > > 1. > > When installing from local media (CD) the CD gets mounted by the installer with > > "mount /srv/9660 /n/distmedia /dev/sdD0/data" so why I have to enter "/" at the prompt > > "Location of archives [browse]:" and not "/n/distmedia" where the CD is mounted? What is correct? > > Looks like "/" ist working, but it is correct? > /dev/sdD0/data is probably correct (If your cd is sdD0, it is correct) > / is correct OK - I try it on weekend on real hardware > > 2. > > Updating the installed p9 with new daily ISO burned on CD does not work as described in the wiki > > http://cm.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Staying_up_to_date/index.html > > > > I get an error that /dist/replica/cd can not be found. Tested on real hardware, too (same error) > > Must I login with another user as glenda or is updating from CD broken? > > I don't know... I suggest ip/ipconfig && ndb/dns -r && pull (I am > supposing you have avaliable networking capabilities) The network card on my real hardware (old compaq notebook) is a conexant lan which is not known in p9 :( In Linux you need a recent tulip driver for that card to work. So I must update from CD. Anyone tried to get conexant lan working? > > 3. > > How can I change the font of the terminal window and all the other (sysload viewer) ... permanently to that of acme or others? > > In /usr/$user/lib/profile you can do so... But I think that some apps > require extra settings, like acme (-F option, then dump ;) ) I will try it ... cu Jens