From: jake@9srv.net
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Fifth Edition
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:24:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1c94c317c6adba0c5388e6c23173e84@9srv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <472f4228-91d9-4ee0-a794-4bf1a605dd1f@f25g2000yqc.googlegroups.co>
> I've tried pull (copied pull from Glenda's account to mine) but it
> didn't work. Can't remember the exact error message, but it couldn't
> find the files, apparently. Even after I'd spent ages figuring out how
> to do networking. Is there a no way to update from a source other than
> the 'net? Like download a repository and install it from there? I'm
> perfectly happy updating over the 'net on my box, but it's a laptop
> that isn't on the supported list, so I have to be prepared for the
> network hardware not being fully supported, so if I can find a way to
> get the files onto it, I hope I can to do it from a local source, if
> need be.
>
I update my laptop by downloading and putting the newest iso on a flash
drive in linux, the reboot into plan 9. Next I mount the iso in
$home/contrib/contrib, then bind that to /n/sources and do
replica/pull -v /dist/replica/network. That has worked fine for me
for a couple of months.
> How up-to-date is the image on the Plan 9 site? I heard about the
> nightlies, but they don't seem to be around, so I'm assuming that the
> ISO on the site is the newest version.
>
I believe they're updated whenever sources is updated, so it might not
exactly be nightly, but they are updated frequently.
> And are there any old versions of Plan 9 around that I could install
> in, say, QEMU? I know Third Edition was out there, but it's gone - I'd
> ask if anyone knows about First and Second, but that might not be
> wise, considering First was internal only and Second was purchase
> only. But still - ?
>
You can install the fourth edition in qemu just fine.
http://www.9gridchan.org/9grid_node_img has some images that are built
for doing grid work, you might want to check those out.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-27 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-20 9:35 Mark Tuson
2010-09-20 11:58 ` Steve Simon
2010-09-27 16:20 ` Mark Tuson
2010-09-28 0:27 ` Steve Simon
2010-10-26 10:50 ` Uriel
2010-10-19 10:02 ` Mark Tuson
2010-10-19 10:19 ` Lucio De Re
2010-10-19 15:02 ` David Leimbach
2010-10-19 18:05 ` hiro
2010-10-20 8:44 ` Mark Tuson
2010-10-20 13:40 ` Harri Haataja
2010-10-20 16:00 ` Julius Schmidt
2010-10-20 19:39 ` hiro
2010-10-20 20:58 ` Jacob Todd
2010-10-19 10:46 ` Steve Simon
2010-10-20 8:45 ` Mark Tuson
[not found] ` <472f4228-91d9-4ee0-a794-4bf1a605dd1f@f25g2000yqc.googlegroups.co>
2010-09-27 20:24 ` jake [this message]
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