[9fans] New to the list and looking for an old plan9 book/cd

Hi all, Im new to the list. My interest in plan9 is to get it up and running on some of my NeXT boxes(stations, non-turbo). Things are a bit confusing for me when it comes to the current distro, but I do see a howto for an older plan9 release. I also found this post in the archives: http://9fans.

Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:16:16 AM UTC-4, Federico Benavento wrote: > you're using backquotes, why? that would be `{mk CONF=9pcdisk} in rc's > syntax. > > now to compile that kernel the syntax is: > % mk 'CONF=pcdisk' > > now are you sure you want a pcdisk? > > On Jul 19, 2012, at 6:07 AM, k

Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:17:47 AM UTC-4, Charles Forsyth wrote: > 9pcdisk is the output file, not the configuration file. Also you need to > quote the = because it is special to rc (assignment). > Try >     mk 'CONF=pcdisk' > > > On 19 July 2012 10:07, < href="mailto:kalara...@gmail.com";

Re: [9fans] Can't "mk CONF=9pcdisk" --> gives error

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:06 PM UTC-4, John Floren wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > >> But as Federico mentioned, you might not want pcdisk--that's for > >> running with a kfs root, which isn't officially supported any > more. If >

[9fans] 9atom vs 9front

m and 9Front are. They both seem to have more hardware support, more software, but I can't really understand what the differences between the two are. Neither have a very extensive description on their homepages. Thanks Kyle

[9fans] 9atom vs 9front

point out some of the differences between them / strengths and weaknesses? Thanks! Kyle

Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:53:04 PM UTC-4, a...@9srv.net wrote: > // It would be tres cool if this information was getting > > // mirrored in the Wiki. > > > > I've been copying over some of the more concise and > > complete reports, but yes: people with working setups > > should add their

Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front

On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:47:45 PM UTC-4, Matthew Veety wrote: > On Mar 11, 2013, at 16:36, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > > Note: if your host uses wifi but no ethernet, bridged > > > adapter won't work. > > > > That's card dependent. It needs to support promisc mode AFAIK. Not all cards > su

Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front

On Monday, March 11, 2013 12:36:25 PM UTC-4, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Neither have a very extensive description on their homepages. > > > > hmm. what kind of description are you expecting? > > > > - erik Sorry. I guess 9atom does explain that it adds specific hardware functionality and so

Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front

On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:56:16 PM UTC-4, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:47:45 EDT Matthew Veety wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 16:36, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > > > > Note: if your host uses wifi but no ethernet, bridged > > > > adapter won't work. > > > >

Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front

On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:36:38 PM UTC-4, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:50:07 BST David du Colombier wrote: > > > > > I've been trying for about two days to get the stock Plan9 from Bell > > > > > Labs to install with Networking under Virtual Box > > > > > > > > Bell Labs Plan 9

Re: [9fans] Solicited VirtualBox submission (negative)

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:04:03 AM UTC-4, Steffen "Daode" Nurpmeso wrote: > Hello, > > VirtualBox 4.2.6 on Mac OS X does *not* work with > > plan9.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data \ > > 'PLAN 9 - DEC 8 2012 04:00 ' > > > > Memory ranges: 128 - 1024 MB. > > Chipset: PII3X w

Re: [9fans] mice

rking once in a while but it's fixed by unplugging it and plugging it back in. This behaviour is OS-independent. Kyle -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T9911dd6a42b7bc91-M584b74ba11b8fb0e53834a09 Del