Re: [9fans] Hi together | a few newbie questions

["Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>]

> The only thing i really miss is perl, but well seems i have to port it ;-).

Perl is ported.  See /n/sources/extra/perl.iso.bz2

> from Lucent. I compiled wavelan into my kernel, the kernel also detects
> the wavelan IF on startup, but i can't find the device.
> Do i have to make a device like in Linux and Solaris ?

It should be /net/ether0 in your namespace.
If not, does

	ls -l '#l'

produce anything useful?

> Also my /rc/bin/cpurc (i edited like the doku sais) does not seems
> to be read/executet, at least there is not network conectivity after startup.
> If i do it by hand on a term (like the example in ipconfig manpage)
> it works and i can ping hosts, resolve dns names.

Perhaps you are booting a terminal kernel (which uses /rc/bin/termrc)?

> Also i would like to know how to mount a floppy disk (e.g. the install disk,
> to have a look at plan9.ini on there)

	a:
	ls -l /n/a:

> Is there any more docu around (or maybe a good book) will help me to get settled in
> with plan9 ?

The wiki is supposed to be the source for such things,
though it's necessarily incomplete.  I don't think there
are any books.

Russ