# create work dir
mkdir q
cd q

# get the latest .iso from http://9front.org/iso/,
# for example:
wget http://9front.org/iso/9front-5048.e16a172bcae6.iso.bz2
bunzip2 9front-5048.e16a172bcae6.iso.bz2
ln -s 9front-5048.e16a172bcae6.iso 9front.iso

# create disk image
qemu-img create -f qcow2 9front.qcow2.img 20G

# download helper scripts for qemu
wget http://www.plan9.fi/qemu/initqemu
wget http://www.plan9.fi/qemu/qemu9
chmod a+x initqemu qemu9

# read "initqemu" and adjust it as needed, then
# setup networking for qemu
su root ./initqemu

# run the 9front installer
./qemu9 9front.qcow2.img 9front.iso &

# during installation, refer to
# http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html for details.
#
# choose "hjfs" as the file server and "dhcp" to
# configure the network.
#
# after "finish" step, kill the qemu process, and
# boot the installed 9front:
./qemu9 9front.qcow2.img &

# now convert the stand-alone terminal installation to
# a stand-alone cpu/auth/file server:
#
# run the following commands on the 9front guest as glenda
#
# for details, refer to http://fqa.9front.org/fqa7.html
#
# here we assume that
#   the hostowner (= authid) is "glenda",
#   your username is "foo", and
#   the authdom is "example.com"

# add your user "foo" on the file server
echo newuser foo >>/srv/hjfs.cmd

# configure nvram:
# set authid: glenda
# authdom: example.com
# secstore key can be left empty
# password: set glenda's password here
auth/wrkey

# configure kernel to be a "cpu" kernel:

# mount /n/9fat
9fs 9fat

# then edit /n/9fat/plan9.ini and add line:
service=cpu

# to make the host boot without prompt, add also
# "nobootprompt=" line (which should have the same value
# as the existing "bootargs=" line), e.g.:
nobootprompt=local!/dev/sd00/fs -m 192 -A

# configure the auth server:

# add users to the auth server and
# set their passwords
# glenda's password must match the one given to auth/wrkey
auth/keyfs
auth/changeuser glenda
auth/changeuser foo

# edit /lib/ndb/local:
#
# here we assume that
#   the sysname is "9front" (set during installation),
#   the IP is 192.168.100.1/24 (from DHCP), and
#   the mac is 5254cafebabe (set by "qemu9")
#
# add after the last line (which should be e.g.
# sys=9front ether=5254cafebabe):

ipnet=9front ip=192.168.100.0 ipmask=255.255.255.0
	auth=192.168.100.1
	authdom=example.com

# reboot (9front will start now in non-graphics mode)
fshalt -r

# you should now be able to connect to the 9front guest
# from the Linux host using drawterm (you can get
# version supporting latest 9front features from
# http://drawterm.9front.org/)
drawterm -h 192.168.100.1 -a 192.168.100.1 -u foo

# alternatively you can use the http://www.plan9.fi/qemu/dt
# wrapper for convenience
dt 192.168.100.1 foo

# after connecting as "foo" run the "newuser" script to
# enable graphics etc.
# (with glenda, just edit lib/profile and reconnect)
/sys/lib/newuser

# optional step: compile amd64 userspace and kernel:

# if you're not glenda, open glenda shell
rcpu -h $sysname -u glenda

# download helper scripts
cd
hget http://www.plan9.fi/rc/sysbuild >bin/rc/sysbuild
hget http://www.plan9.fi/rc/sysrev >bin/rc/sysrev
chmod a+x bin/rc/sysbuild
chmod a+x bin/rc/sysrev

# read "sysbuild" and refer to
# http://fqa.9front.org/fqa5.html for details, then
# put the rio window to scroll mode, and build
# both the 386 and amd64 userspace and kernel by:
sysupdate
sysbuild

# after successful build, copy the kernels to 9fat
sysbuild -k

# to take the amd64 kernel into use you must edit
# plan9.ini before reboot:

# mount /n/9fat
bind -b '#S' /dev
9fs 9fat

# edit /n/9fat/plan9.ini and change
# "bootfile=9pc" line to:
bootfile=9pc64

# reboot
fshalt -r

# check the architecture and revision of the sources
echo $cputype
sysrev