Q for Mac is horrible, dodgy software. Then again, I didn't build it from
source. The good thing is, it'll convert images just fine.


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:39 PM, <cam@9.squish.org> wrote:

> > In tried to install Inferno because I thought that it was the simplest
> > way to access (at least the file system of) my Plan9 Raspberry Pi from
> > my Mac.
> > The other solutions I tried are awkward:
> > 1. Plan9 under Virtual Box (don't want to pay for VMWare/Parallels).
> >      Configured network card according to Richard Miller's suggestion.
> >      Boots, but sometimes it doesn't, requiring to restart the program.
> >      Network works only sometimes.
>
> have you tried qemu?  plan9 works wonderfully as a guest.
> network access is as reliable as your mac.
>
> > 2. Plan9 from user space, installed over Brew.
> >      It works, but I don't see there any way to import (mount) the
> > remote file system locally
>
> install macfuse and then you can use 9pfuse.  it works, though
> it is a bit slow.
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