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From: Rui Carmo <rui.carmo@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:37:28 +0000
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] RPI faq in words of one syllable?
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Before anyone chimes in to say =E2=80=9Cjust read the docs=E2=80=9D, I =
did that back in early 2016 as a complete newbie to Plan9 and spent a =
_long_ while hunting down stuff - not on the hardware and purchasing =
side (I have too many Pis and Arduinos for that to even register), but =
on the OS and config side.=20

Flashing the image and getting it to boot once is trivial, even by =
hobbyist standards.

Configuring it to do something meaningful (like, for instance, logging =
in to a remote system, keeping backups or getting it on Wi-Fi, which I =
haven=E2=80=99t tried yet) took me a week, because i had to get into =
Plan9 first. Sadly, I didn=E2=80=99t keep my notes (they were on a 9p =
filesystem that I no longer know how to set up in Linux).

I=E2=80=99m inclined to say that getting the hardware and stuff is =
trivial, but that the rest definitely needs to be grouped together in a =
guide.

R.

> On 11 Jan 2018, at 10:27, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>=20
> Hi.
>=20
> Is there a document somewhere that describes how to bring up an RPI
> with Plan 9, that assumes the reader knows absolutely nothing?
> E.g., where to buy it, what case and power supply to buy, what =
accessories
> if any. Where to download the image and what kind of SD card to put
> it on.  How to boot Plan 9 and set it up as a standalone system. Etc.
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
> Arnold
>=20