Re: [9fans] Running 9vx.OSX on full plan 9 distribution

["André Günther" <Andre.G@gmx.de>]

Make sure you have a volume with case sensitive files. Download
current plan9.iso. Mount it. copy over:

./9vx.OSX -u glenda -r /Volume/thevolume


On 23.09.2008, at 17:07, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

> I'm having several problems with 9vx, following the instructions here:
>
>  http://9fans.net/archive/2008/07/118
>
> If I boot with:
>
>  $ ./9vx.OSX -u glenda
>
> 9vx hangs at the upas/fs invocation in /usr/glenda/lib/profile.
>
> If I try:
>
>  $ replica/pull -v /dist/replica/network
>
> I get a 'unable to set uid/gid' error on every file that is pulled.
>
> After some advice on IRC, I though perhaps both were related to
> permission problems having 9vx run as glenda over a plan9.tar.gz
> unpacked by user gary.
>
> However, I also created a new 'glenda' user in OSX.  But even logged
> in as glenda and everything reinstalled by 'glenda' in her home
> directory...   both bugs are still present: upas/fs hangs and
> prevents rio starting up, and when I comment that line out and try
> replica/pull I *still* get uid/gid errors.
>
> What is the best way to run 9vx on a mac, and have it behave well?
>
> Or failing that, what is the best way to run plan 9 on mac os x?
>
> Cheers,
> 	Gary
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