In addition to the tree Andrey noted, the general answer is simply to download the normal distribution image and use that. The effect is the same as using the tree Andrey pointed to and updating, but you'll save yourself time and work by just grabbing the current image. http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/download/plan9.iso.bz2 just mount the image and copy the contents to wherever you'd like your 9vx root to live, and point 9vx at that.