From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:17:26 +0000 From: Tim Haynes Message-ID: <86vgvhq3yb.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20000927095225.A52592@ix.netcom.com>, <39D20C4C.11017.6C2D7518@localhost> Subject: Re: [9fans] Hardware for Plan 9 file server? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 11125182-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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 this is probably a very silly question . 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 -- With the spirits of the mighty | piglet@glutinous.custard.org A shadow rushes through the grasslands | http://piglet.is.dreaming.org To the dying sun |