Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Ethan Gardener
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Nicolas S. Montanaro wrote: > VMware works excellently with 9front on macOS. No quirks - just install > as usual. 9vx doesn't even require installation as such, which is nice but doesn't matter so much in the long term. (but i did have trouble getting vmware

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Ethan Gardener
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 02:02:40 PM EDT, Ethan Gardener > wrote: > > i still miss 9vx. it was so convenient when it > > worked. fun too; i had it full-screened in a little > > ... > > Was? I still use it everyday. It's my primary

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
Harassing part costs extra :) On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:36 PM Mark Everett wrote: > Thanks to all. I appreciate your support. And its nice to find a forum > where everyone isn’t harassing….. > > — Mark > > > On Mar 25, 2020, at 2:44 AM, Cyber Fonic wrote: > > As for strings to pull, try: > >

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Mark Everett
Thanks to all. I appreciate your support. And its nice to find a forum where everyone isn’t harassing….. — Mark > On Mar 25, 2020, at 2:44 AM, Cyber Fonic wrote: > > As for strings to pull, try: > > String 1 > > String 2

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Nicolas S. Montanaro
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Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
9legacy.org has readymade images to run on qemu and GCE. http://9legacy.org/download.html On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:34 PM Mark Everett wrote: > Mostly a lurker so far, but wanted to try the actual system rather than > plan9port. But sometimes getting actual hardware up an running is a steep >

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Brian L. Stuart
On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 02:02:40 PM EDT, Ethan Gardener wrote: > i still miss 9vx. it was so convenient when it > worked. fun too; i had it full-screened in a little > ... Was? I still use it everyday. It's my primary terminal. I have it take the root from my file server when I'm on my

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Ethan Gardener
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, at 6:39 AM, Cyber Fonic wrote: > I have been using Russ Cox's 9vx on OS/X Mavericks > with considerable success. The only issue being that I need to connect a > Logitech 3 button mouse via a Unifying RF dongle (BlueTooth mice don't work > for me).

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Kim Lassila
On Mar 25, 2020, at 3:32 AM, Mark Everett wrote: > > Does anyone know of a virtual machine running on current Mac OS that hosts > plan9? Preferably one that isn’t too difficult to set up…. Hi Mark, I run both 9front and 9legacy on macOS with Qemu. The installation of qemu 4.2.0 was a breeze

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Cyber Fonic
As for strings to pull, try: String 1 String 2 Hope that helps ! It's where I launched my research from. On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 12:33, Mark Everett wrote: > Mostly a lurker so far, but wanted to try the actual system

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on virtual machine in Mac os

2020-03-25 Thread Cyber Fonic
I have been using Russ Cox's 9vx on OS/X Mavericks with considerable success. The only issue being that I need to connect a Logitech 3 button mouse via a Unifying RF dongle (BlueTooth mice don't work for me). Although 9vx is somewhat minimal, I download sources as I