Quick
and
dirty
guide
for
running
plan
9
under
qemu
Virtual
Machine
in
windows
xp
(and
possibly
2000+):
Required
Skill:
Advanced:
Networking
experience
is
mandatory
-
Please
read
through
and
be
sure
you
know
exactly
what
you're
doing.
Risks
to
software
content
and
possibly
hardware
are
plentiful
while
responsibility
are
hold
none.
01.
Download
"qemu-0.9.0-windows.zip",
"openvpn-2.0.9-install.exe"
and
"plan9.iso.bz2".
02.
Extract
"plan9.iso"
and
"qemu-0.9.0-windows"
to
the
same
directory.
03.
Install
"openvpn-2.0.9-install.exe".
04.
Rename
the
new
network
connection
(found
in
Network
Connections)
to
"TAP_OpenVPN".
05.
Bridge
"TAP_OpenVPN"
and
your
WAN/LAN
Connection
(usually
"Local
Area
Connection",
should
be
enabled
and
has
packet
changes
when
downloading)
-
This
is
done
by
choosing
both
connections
and
then
in
the
properties
menu
choosing
"Bridge".
06.
Notice
your
configurations
now
reside
in
the
new
"bridge
connection"
instead
of
"Local
Area
Connection".
07.
Use:
"qemu.exe
-L
-m
128
-cdrom
..\plan9.iso
-boot
d
-net
nic,model=rtl8139
-net
tap,ifname=TAP_OpenVPN
-soundhw
sb16
-localtime"
to
start
plan9,
this
command
can
be
inserted
into
a
batch
file.
08.
In
the
VM
(referred
to
as
"guest
machine")
:
In
the
boot
options
choose
to
boot
from
the
CD
or
See
installing
plan
9
on
qemu.
09.
Guest:
You
can
press
"return/enter"
for
the
rest
of
the
questions
presented
by
in
the
boot
sequence
-
default
will
suffice.
10.
Done.
Please
read
through
the
notes...
-
Ctrl+Alt
to
release
the
mouse
from
the
qemu
window
-
Set
up
networking
using
DHCP
(good
with
the
bridge
explained
above
and
if
router
supplies
IPs
(dhcp)):
"ip/ipconfig"
"ndb/dns
-r"
"ip/ping
address"
test
by
pinging
your
gateway/router
using
its
ip
address,
then
try
a
site
like
www.google.com
which
you
know
will
return
icmp
(respond
to
ping).
-
When
using
acme
in
qemu
with
live
boot
iso,
notice
that
file
creation
is
only
possible
in
/tmp,
not
even
in
the
/usr/glenda
(the
user
that
you
log
in
as)
-
this
will
be
resolved
if
you
install
to
hard
drive.
-
Installing
to
HardDisk:
use
"qemu-img.exe
create
plan9hd.img
1024M"
to
set
a
1gig
Virtual
HardDisk,
use
"qemu.exe
-L
.
-m
128
-hda
plan9hd.img
-cdrom
..\plan9.iso
-boot
d
-net
nic,model=rtl8139
-net
tap,ifname=TAP_OpenVPN
-localtime"
to
boot.
You
can
install
to
HD
or
mount
the
drive
and
format
it
to
use
as
you
wish,
plan9
tends
to
have
a
very
slow
install
process
in
VM.
-
If
you
don't
actually
know
how
to
use
plan9,
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/
has
some
good
info,
http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/who/nemo/9.intro.pdf
will
do
even
better.
-
qemu
will
emulate
sb16
which
is
supported
by
plan9;
however,
I
was
unable
to
verify
its
functionality.
-
Common
Issue:
the
pc
halts
in
different
parts
of
the
network
configuration
process:
This
is
due
to
other
VM
virtual
nics
conflicting
with
the
each
other.
Solutions
vary
from
disabling
to
deleting
the
other
VM's
nics.
In
the
worst
case
plan
9
can
run
without
networking,
though
to
what
use
?
-
Common
Issue:
High
CPU
Usage:
this
is
not
a
problem
but
the
result
of
the
qemu
normal
functionality.
If
a
process
on
the
host
machine
requires
more
CPU
time,
qemu
will
reduce
the
load
itself
-
this
can
be
forced
by
reducing
the
process
priority
using
the
task
manager.
-
Common
Issue:
"TAP_OpenVPN"
always
appears
to
be
disconnected:
this
is
a
false
readout,
ignore
it
as
it
has
no
ill
effects.
-
Common
Issue:
9P
connectivity
seems
to
be
broken:
firewall,
router
firewall...
-
Play
around
with
the
res:
800x600x8
and
above
seems
to
be
more
useful
for
working
with
acme...
-
For
sound
see
the
qemu
readme,
I
never
succeeded
though
it
might
have
been
for
lack
of
trying...
-
Less
questions
at
boot:
Download
plan9.flp
and
replace
plan9.ini
that
with
the
following
(use
winimage
or
mount
through
loopback
device):
#****
plan9.ini
content
starts
here
******
partition=new
mouseport=ps2
vgasize=800x600x8
monitor=xga
distname=plan9
ether0=rtl8139
audio0=sb16
port=0x220
irq=7
dma=5
bootargs=local!#S/sdD0/data
bootfile=sdD0!cdboot!9pccd.gz
adisk=/dev/sdD0/cdboot
cdboot=yes
#****
plan9.ini
content
ends
here
*****
this
will
reduce
the
questions
to
one
"press
return",
the
cmd
line
will
be:
"qemu.exe
-L
-m
128
-fda
plan9.flp
-cdrom
..\plan9.iso
-boot
d
-net
nic,model=rtl8139
-net
tap,ifname=TAP_OpenVPN
-soundhw
sb16
-localtime"
This
strategy
is
unnecessary
in
hd
boot.
ToDo:
1.
Sound.
2.
Boot
with
no
q&a:
When
not
installing
but
rather
using
the
live
boot,
you
are
presented
whenever
you
start
the
machine
with
a
series
of
questions
(monitor,
res,
mouse),
I
managed
to
set
plan9.ini
in
the
floppy
image
so
that
only
one
question
will
be
presented,
but
that
is
still
one
question
too
much.
3.
spellcheck,
factcheck,
sanitycheck,
check
to
self
;-)
Ram
Kromberg
ramkromberg@mail.com
