Quoth fig <type9fr...@gmail.com>:
> but plan 9 is not, and i
> don’t know how this is addressed when using a VPS. even the install process
> is graphical. is kvm necessary?
There are a few options.
1) Many hosts like Vultr or Ramnode provide graphical VNC consoles.
2) Graphics aren't necessary; inst/start works just fine from a serial
cnnsole or text; it's just a bit painful to configure. I'm not sure
which providers only give you a a text console.
3) if your host provides neither, then you maybe can install and configure
an image locally, and upload it. This is how you'd do it on GCP.
> i’m having a bit of trouble getting irc and usenet to ‘work’ on the school
> network,
It's probably blocked; try just connecting:
% telnet tcp!irc.oftc.net!6667
you should rapidly see something like:
connected to tcp!irc.oftc.net!6667 on /net/tcp/17
:larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
:larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking Ident
:larich.oftc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname
> and i’m still a little bewildered by email on plan 9, but i’ll get
> there. thanks again.
It's a bit bewildering; I wrote up a summary of my understanding a while
ago:
http://wiki.9front.org/upas-theory
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