From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_514c72d1-20b2-44c4-97b4-e0f9bdeba165_" From: Steve Foster To: "9fans@9fans.net" <9fans@9fans.net> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 09:28:06 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [9fans] How to access CD drive? Topicbox-Message-UUID: c64a2610-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --_514c72d1-20b2-44c4-97b4-e0f9bdeba165_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all. I'm new here and to plan 9. I'm the kind of person who doesn't always pick things up straight away=2C I= 'm a bit slow like that :-) The light bulb usually goes on - eventually. So= metimes I just need someone to flick the switch a few times. So if my quest= ions come across as a bit dumb you'll know why. OK=2C so I'm new to Plan 9. I've managed to install it in virtualbox (Windo= ws 7 host) and can log in and use it. I've also installed plan9port onto Lu= buntu=2C also running in a virtual machine. Acme has become my main work environment now=2C I was an emacs user. I like= acme a lot and spend most of my time in there (I'm writing this post in it= ). I use two screens=3B one with acme (plan9port) and the other with everyt= hing else. This set up is working well for me and I'm happy to carry on wor= king like this. However=2C I would love to try working with acme in plan 9 itself. Well=2C = I can use it with no problems (so far anyway)=2C but I can't get networking= or shared folders (virtualbox shared folders) working. This means=2C obvio= usly=2C that plan 9 is isolated from the outside world so any work I do is = stuck in there. Now=2C I'm trying ot get my head around the whole plan 9 th= ing and how it works. I admit I'm struggling with it=2C but don't want to g= ive up just yet. So for starters=2C does anyone know how to get shared folders (virtualbox s= hared folders) working in plan 9=2C I have them working OK in Lubuntu so no= problem there.? I know you have to install the virtualbox guest additions = and this is easy to do=2C but... This shows how much of a doofus I am. I don't know how to access the CD dri= ve in plan 9 which is where the guest additions would be installed from. Ho= w do I do this please? I have searched=2C but have not managed to find the = answer=2C or maybe I have found it and didn't understand it. I've been reading the 9fan archives and realise that technically all you ch= aps are way above me (as you can tell from my question) so please be patien= t with me :-) I also can't get networking to work which may or may not be related to the = above=2C I'm not sure. I have tried the different suggestions I've found=2C= but nothing seems to work. If I could just get shared folders working that= would be great to start with. Thanks=2CSteve. = --_514c72d1-20b2-44c4-97b4-e0f9bdeba165_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all.

I'm new here and to plan 9.

I'm the kind of = person who doesn't always pick things up straight away=2C I'm a bit slow li= ke that :-) The light bulb usually goes on - eventually. Sometimes I just n= eed someone to flick the switch a few times. So if my questions come across= as a bit dumb you'll know why.

OK=2C so I'm new t= o Plan 9. I've managed to install it in virtualbox (Windows 7 host) and can= log in and use it. I've also installed plan9port onto Lubuntu=2C also runn= ing in a virtual machine.

Acme has become my main = work environment now=2C I was an emacs user. I like acme a lot and spend mo= st of my time in there (I'm writing this post in it). I use two screens=3B = one with acme (plan9port) and the other with everything else. This set up i= s working well for me and I'm happy to carry on working like this.

However=2C I would love to try working with acme in plan 9= itself. Well=2C I can use it with no problems (so far anyway)=2C but I can= 't get networking or shared folders (virtualbox shared folders) working. Th= is means=2C obviously=2C that plan 9 is isolated from the outside world so = any work I do is stuck in there. Now=2C I'm trying ot get my head around th= e whole plan 9 thing and how it works. I admit I'm struggling with it=2C bu= t don't want to give up just yet.

So for starters= =2C does anyone know how to get shared folders (virtualbox shared folders) = working in plan 9=2C I have them working OK in Lubuntu so no problem there.= ? I know you have to install the virtualbox guest additions and  =3Bthi= s is easy to do=2C but...

This shows how much of a= doofus I am. I don't know how to access the CD drive in plan 9 which is wh= ere the guest additions would be installed from. How do I do this please? I= have searched=2C but have not managed to find the answer=2C or maybe I hav= e found it and didn't understand it.

I've been rea= ding the 9fan archives and realise that technically all you chaps are way a= bove me (as you can tell from my question) so please be patient with me :-)=

I also can't get networking to work which may or = may not be related to the above=2C I'm not sure. I have tried the different= suggestions I've found=2C but nothing seems to work. If I could just get s= hared folders working that would be great to start with.

Thanks=2C
Steve.
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