On Sat, Jul 18, 2026, at 6:24 AM, Eduardo Cavazos wrote: > Hey y'all 🙋♂️ > > Russ Cox' `rsc/plan9` repo is fascinating: > > - Run legacy plan9 in QEMU > - Uses the host filesystem directly instead of using a QEMU disk image > - Edit files on the host. Plan9 sees the changes immediately.
this sounds like a spiritual successor to 9vx. i loved 9vx, it had the same free access to the host's files but the display was a fork of drawterm, bringing all its advantages too. the catch was it only worked on 32-bit x86 as it used a segmentation trick for virtualization. i had a little linux netbook with fullscreen 9vx. it was like having a plan 9 netbook without having to write any drivers. in those days, linux sysfs was still sane enough that i could even have a battery monitor with basically no effort. i used qemu before 9vx and a little bit afterward. i recall the lack of copy/paste, it was a nuisance. it was easy to set up drawterm using the "Drawterm to your terminal" wiki page plus qemu's documentation to open the ports. qemu's user-mode networking was enough, i never bothered with the other types. it was a long time ago now, qemu's options have changed. wiki page "Installing Plan 9 on QEMU" has up-to-date options and port information. you won't need the part about privileged ports if you're only connecting drawterm with its direct auth trick. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5bcd7a818edfab8d-M218cc6c108b9a7e7e0c97e27 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
