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Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 07:21:53 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 image for Google Compute Engine?
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> is anyone working on this or has done a deep dive? it looks doable.
>
> https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/images#providedkernel

Cool idea, but it seems to come with some baggage, specifically,
requiring python 2.6, sshd and, more importantly (but optionally, it
seems)gsutil, gcutil and some odd network settings.  It still looks
feasible, but not with an out-of-the-box Plan 9 instance.

L.