Documentation
-as of Fri Sep 2 20:13:05 CES 2022-
FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions.
Recommended Readings
Papers
and other publications.
Books
Supported PC hardware
,
other hardware
,
virtual machines
Online Manual pages
-
man pages mirror
INSTALLATION
Installation instructions
Installation troubleshooting
Setting the right monitor size
Setting the right keyboard map
Adding a new user
Network configuration
Using AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet)
Staying up to date
INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS
Installing Plan 9 on Qemu
- Plan 9 works reliably in QEMU
vmware4
- Plan 9 under vmware4.
Installing in Xen
Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
Installing Plan 9 in a VirtualBox
Guruplug
Installation on Ipaq
(
Supported PDAs
)
Other hardware
USING THE SYSTEM
Using rio
- An introduction to using the window system.
Using acme
- Acme is a hybrid editor and shell/windowing application.
Using plumbing
- The plumber sends messages to the appropriate program.
9p services using srv, listen, exportfs, import
- How Plan 9 systems communicate.
Fonts
- for the screen and otherwise.
Using troff
- Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
Using vncv
- Remote use of applications on other OSes.
Using SSL
- How to store keys and certificates.
Using aescbc to store factotum keys
-
secstore
(1)
for stand-alone terminals.
Connecting to other OSes
- ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
Connecting from other OSes
- drawterm, v9fs, 9vx...
X11 installation
- Functional but not recommended.
Linux emulation
- Rudimentary support for running Linux programs on Plan 9.
UNIX to Plan 9 command translation
.
Tip o' the day
CONFIGURATION
Configuring a standalone CPU server
- The next step after installation.
Compiling kernels
Dns configuration notes
Mail configuration
Adding your face
Printer configuration
SSH configuration
TeX configuration
Informal Wiki Setup
Setting up Fossil
- How to manually setup fossil
Setting up Venti
- How to manually setup venti
Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
Expanding your Grid
- An overview of adding more systems
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
Drawterm to your terminal
Console messages
Using PQ
- The implicit relational database client and server.
Configuring file-backed Venti stores
Venti-Rescue
- How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
Kfs file system configuration
- Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
Installing a Plan 9 File Server
- Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.
Mouse vs. keyboard
Dialup modem config
Installing Plan B on Qemu
Wiki
Docs
News
Devel
Papers
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