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However, when using `virt-manager`, there are certain uncertainties that might worry a first-timer and certain issues that arise. + +## Contents +<div></div> + +1. [Creating the virtual machine](#creating-the-virtual-machine) +2. [Installing Plan 9 itself](#installing-plan-9-itself) + +## Creating the virtual machine +[](#creating-the-virtual-machine) + +We'll be installing Plan 9 with a CD (ISO) image. You can download the latest version (compiled every night) from [here](https://9p.io/plan9/download.html). For a compressed version and checksums, refer to [this page](https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Download/index.html). + +1. Press the *"Create a new virtual machine"* and select *"Local install media (ISO image or CDROM)"* + +2. For the install media select the extracted `.iso` CD image of Plan 9 and for operating system chose *"Generic or unknown OS (generic)"* + +3. For memory select 512 MiB (the default 1024 MiB is also fine) and 1 CPU + - Plan 9 is stupid lightweight and according to [the installation instructions](https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Installation_instructions/index.html) you need 16-32 MB of memory, but I still prefer to give it a little more, just in case I decide to do something extreme. + - You can also increase these values as much as you like, Plan 9 should be able to handle the more resources + +4. If you plan to only test the OS out, choose *"Create a disk image for the virtual machine"* and enter 2 GiB of size. If you plan more serious use, you might want to follow [the qemu instructions](https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Installing_Plan_9_on_Qemu/) and create a larger disk in the `.raw` format. + +5. Finally click finish. + +## Installing Plan 9 itself +[](#installing-plan-9-itself) + +If everything worked correctly, on boot you should see the screen in step 1. +From here on out, it's dead simple, and I even recommend just going through [Hatty Hacker's "Basic Plan 9 Installation" YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWFTq0ZwLE). +I'll show a more abridged version of what you need to do. + +1. On the boot screen press 1 and enter + +  + +2. On the questions "use DMA for ide drive" and "mouseport is" press enter + +3. On "vgasize" press enter, or set up a higher (standard) resolution with 24 colors. Examples: `1920x1080x24`, `1280x720x24` + - A very incomplete list can be found [here](https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/setting_the_right_monitor_size/index.html) + +4. **Very important!** On "monitor" enter `vesa`. `xga` (or `vga`) will work during installation but seem to break when booting the installed OS. + - If you mistakenly leave it at `xga`, refer to [this tutorial](/tutorials/fix-no-frame-buffer-plan9). + +From here on out, you press enter at most of the prompts. The following list enumerates all cases where you need to do something else than press enter. + +1. On "Disk partiton" question, enter `sdC0` (the option that says Hard Disk on it) + +  + +2. On "Install mbr" question, enter `y` + +  + +3. When you get ">>>" before the cursor, press w, then enter, then q and finally enter. This should happen twice, when in `disk/fdisk` and `disk/prep` + +  +  + +4. On "Distribution disk" type out the one that ends with `data` (and potentially has `cdrom` besides it). This is most commonly `/dev/sdC1/data` + +  + +5. When you get "/%" before cursor (during mountdisk task) just enter `exit` + +  + +6. On "Enable boot method" enter `plan9` + +  + +After finishing the installation and seeing the message "Feel free to shutdown your computer", Force Off the virtual machine and then power it on again. + +On boot, on the first prompt press enter, and on the second enter `glenda`. Enjoy Plan 9! + |
