Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan 9 file server?

[Tim Haynes <piglet@glutinous.custard.org>]

nigel@9fs.org (Nigel Roles) writes:

> It's a trick question! The fileserver has no graphics interface.
> Anything which is cga compatible will do.
[snip]

Hmmm. I'm in the very embarassing position of being a total newbie re:
plan9. (Embarassing because I know my way around a few other OSs relatively
well... ;) So <disclaimer> this is probably a very silly question
</disclaimer>. 

I tried to install plan9 on my intel box last night - got the floppy, stuck
it in, reboot.
It died horribly saying it couldn't find an FBdev, which I understand means
it doesn't like my graphics card (ISTR it's an SiS 530 or something - I
only got the box recently and haven't had time to commit that to memory
yet!)

So... from a `%' prompt, how do I go about installing plan9?

And a more general question: how suited is it, not only to file-serving,
but being a nameserver and news-server and web-server in a predominantly
linux(/ppc) environment?

Pointers to _very_ explicit FAQs / hold-your-mouse-as-you-install docs
welcome!

Ta,

~Tim
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