> I found this diff: http://9legacy.org/9legacy/patch/nix.diff
> which seems to have all needed system libraries, and its own kernel,
> but the kernel seems to lack basic functionality, such as graphics and
> mouse, and I can't find the local bootloader for it — the stock
> bootloader chokes with message "bad kernel format", and on the nix web
> site it says only to build pxe bootloader, which is not what I need.
> It seems that nix is meant for cpu servers, not terminals. I need, if
> my ken of 9jargon is not wrong, a terminal kernel.

You should use Erik Quanstrom's bootloader.

It is available here:

/n/sources/contrib/quanstro/root/sys/src/boot/pc-e820

Or here:

http://www.9legacy.org/9legacy/patch/boot-pc-e820.diff

-- 
David du Colombier

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