From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:14:56 +0000 From: freeasinfreedom Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <11172182-9f43-4554-bba3-424d8cc32b5e@f25g2000yqc.googlegroups.co>, Subject: Re: [9fans] newbie boot question Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5fad1a9a-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 6 Οκτ, 15:32, quans...@quanstro.net (erik quanstrom) wrote: > > I have a problem with booting. I use the default boot option (tcp, > > local). When I boot as glenda, it seems that Plan 9 is trying to start > > 8 1/2 but Qemu crashes. When I boot as none, rc starts but I get > > errors about missing files such as /usr/none, /bin/lib, etc. > > the errors when you log in as none are expected. > > i imagine that when rio (8½ is retired) starts, the vga > mode setting code is where the problem is. > > since you have a single-machine setup, you can log > in as none and add your own user.  after you run > /sys/lib/newuser, you can edit /usr/$newuser/lib/profile > to not start rio, which will allow you to experiment. > > - erik Thanks erik, It seems that there is a problem with the privileges of none, since I cannot add a new user: http://www.2shared.com/photo/5k539pE_/QEMU.html I found a nice user guide at http://www.quanstro.net/newbie-guide.pdf but it looks like most things mentioned depend on rio, right?