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From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] building a grid at university
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:59:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <F6B670FF1A9B5AF6618DD0C069B74067@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANF_3RiAhx0RONUsXnorui2UVX44MCVQzENWUVTf9WeLdzqUSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Quoth fig <type9freak@gmail.com>:
> but plan 9 is not, and i
> don’t know how this is addressed when using a VPS. even the install process
> is graphical. is kvm necessary?

There are a few options.

1) Many hosts like Vultr or Ramnode provide graphical VNC consoles.

2) Graphics aren't necessary; inst/start works just fine from a serial
   cnnsole or text; it's just a bit painful to configure. I'm not sure
   which providers only give you a a text console.

3) if your host provides neither, then you maybe can install and configure
   an image locally, and upload it. This is how you'd do it on GCP.

> i’m having a bit of trouble getting irc and usenet to ‘work’ on the school
> network,

It's probably blocked; try just connecting:

        % telnet tcp!irc.oftc.net!6667

you should rapidly see something like:

        connected to tcp!irc.oftc.net!6667 on /net/tcp/17
        :larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
        :larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking Ident
        :larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname

> and i’m still a little bewildered by email on plan 9, but i’ll get
> there. thanks again.

It's a bit bewildering; I wrote up a summary of my understanding a while
ago:

        http://wiki.9front.org/upas-theory

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-30  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-27 22:33 type9freak
2022-09-28  7:02 ` sirjofri
2022-09-28 21:57   ` fig
2022-09-28 22:16     ` sirjofri
2022-09-30  1:28       ` fig
2022-09-30  2:59         ` ori [this message]
2022-09-30  6:30         ` sirjofri
2022-09-30 10:42       ` Glenn Holmer via 9fans
2022-09-30 13:09         ` sirjofri
2022-10-01  5:42       ` denzuko
2022-10-01  6:32         ` sirjofri
2022-10-01  6:44           ` denzuko
2022-10-01  6:44           ` denzuko
2022-09-28 20:21 ` Brian Hancock

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