Re: [9fans] Hey, new to this. Trying to get plan9 to work in a VM.

[Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com>]

Balwinder S Dheeman wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 11:51 AM, Josh Marshall wrote:
>> I'm chugging through the resources, reading, and documentation.  This
>> system acts differently from anything I've previously used, so I'm at a
>> loss at...everything.  I visited the IRC channel and am working through
>> the .pdf and the main site.  Is there anything else I should be looking
>> into?  Also, the .pdf said that I should have a working plan9 install
>> available to practice, so I tried using vmplayer but the kernel panics.
>> I'm learning, but not well acquainted with kernel programming,
>> debugging, or anything else.  Also, if this all seems kind of
>> incoherent, I'm sorry, its past 2am and I've been working on absorbing
>> info for over 4 hours.
>
> Try http://werc.homelinux.net/hacks/nano9/
>
> Hope that helps :)


Good lord.  Between these things and '9front' I am missing much.  I need
to get back on IRC.
Either that or you guys could consolidate all your personal 'werc' sites
into one Plan 9 'experimental stuff' wiki.  It seems a bit ridiculous
that werc offers multi-user editing and comments, yet everyone and their
mom has their own werc site with a Plan 9 sub-page.  Or better yet,
resurrect the 'ole webring concept with those silly links to traverse it
:).  Personally I'd like to see work put into the Plan 9 wiki backend.
I'd rather use it than werc (which I do -- but I've only got a little
placeholder page that says "coming soon" -- and has for 6 months...).
As for 9front, it looks like fun.  I say that even though the word
'fork' scares me.
Unfortunately IRC requires free time behind the computer -- which I
never have.  Boo hoo, I know...
Well that's my useless post for the day.

As for the OP, I'm with Peter C.  Install it native and forget all of
this other nonsense for now.  You could probably find a good candidate
PC in a dumpster somewhere.  Or a $70 atom board with a bit of memory
could do you just fine (the plain intel ones -- not those omg-ION
graphics ones).  I know the NMO510 guy works with only one core (but it
works).

Cheers,
Jack