[9front] 9front command line install

[9front] 9front command line install

[thinktankworkspaces]

Trying to do an install on a remote server via ssh that has qemu.

I suppose i'm doing this with -nographic

kind of like qemu-system-x86_64 -serial stdio 9front.img -boot d
9front-xxxx-i386.iso -m 1024

With pipes such as /tmp/guest.in /tmp/guest.out

I'm receiving data.

Booting from DVD/CD...  *e820 .....  ...  ...  cdboot=yes
mouseport=ask monitor=ask vgasize=ask bootfile=/386/9pc


But it stops at that last line and nothing.  Any thoughts or
recommendations?  Is it possible?  Or do I have to build the image
local then copy the 9front.img to remote system.  I worry that I will
run into same situation where it gets stuck.

Re: [9front] 9front command line install

[Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)]

thinktankworkspaces@gmail.com writes:
> Booting from DVD/CD...  *e820 .....  ...  ...  cdboot=yes
> mouseport=ask monitor=ask vgasize=ask bootfile=/386/9pc

> But it stops at that last line and nothing.  Any thoughts or
> recommendations?  Is it possible?  Or do I have to build the image
> local then copy the 9front.img to remote system.  I worry that I will
> run into same situation where it gets stuck.

Interrupt the boot loader by pressing space while it's printing
its stuff, then type 'console=0' followed by 'boot'.  That will
point /dev/console at the virtual serial device so you can see
what's going on.

Once you've installed, add the console=0 line to plan9.ini.

Re: [9front] 9front command line install

[cinap_lenrek]

> Once you've installed, add the console=0 line to plan9.ini.

that should'v been done already by the installer, see:

/rc/bin/inst/bootsetup: 

	if(! test -f /tmp/plan9.ini) {
		@{
			echo 'bootfile='^$bootfile
			echo 'bootargs=local!'^$fs' '$"fsflags
			if(~ $#nvram 1)
				echo 'nvram='^$nvram
			echo 'mouseport='^$mouseport
			echo 'monitor='^$monitor
			echo 'vgasize='^$vgasize
			cd '#ec'
			for(i in *){
				echo -n $"i'='
				cat $i
				echo
			} | grep -v '(apm0|e820|bootfile|bootargs|bootscreen|nvram|mouseport|monitor|vgasize|cdboot)'
		} >/tmp/plan9.ini
	}

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cinap