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-======= Plan 9 Second Edition =======
-|DRAFT: Plan 9 Second Edition from Bell Labs.|
-| Tutorial [**x**] Guide [ ]|
-  * For educational and informational purposes only. [[playground:plan_9_second_edition#disk1img|Networking]] is not [[playground:plan_9_second_edition#disk1img|supported]].
-  * //You're stuck with this small [VirtualBox FreeDOS] screen [display resolution].//
-  * VirtualBox display scale factor setting is available.
-==== Chronology ====
-^Date^ Release^ Comment^
-|1992|Plan 9 1st edition|Released by Bell Labs to universities|
-|1995|Plan 9 2nd edition|Released by Bell Labs for non-commercial purposes <sup>[[wp>Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#History|History]]</sup>|
-|2000|Plan 9 3rd ed. (Brazil)|Released by Lucent Technologies under an open source license|
-|2002|Plan 9 4th edition|Released by Lucent Technologies under a new free software license|
-|README|http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/2nd_edition/README|
-<file config An asciidoc version of Plan 9 Second Edition.>
-== Install summary
-=== Start a recent version of VirtualBox.
-* Install FreeDOS from the FD13LIVE.iso with the default VirtualBox settings.
-==== The Plan 9 Second Edition Floppy Diskette (2-4) Install Target [C:] is the non-partitioned 25 MB area after the previously partitioned 95% (A, 500 MB, PRI DOS, FAT16) and formatted disk space:
-* Initial virtual disk settings after the default FreeDOS install to C: (Device 1).
-* Initial virtual disk settings after the FDISK (6 MB, PRI DOS, FAT12) D: partition (Device 0).
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-IDE Primary Device 1: freedos-13.vdi (Normal, 500.00 MB)
-IDE  Secondary Device 0: freedos-13_1.vdi (Normal, 500.00 MB)
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-* Managed/modified disk (Device 1; C:) setting:
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-$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo 'freedos-13.vdi'
-Capacity:       500 MBytes
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-$ VBoxManage modifymedium 'freedos-13.vdi' --compact
-$ VBoxManage modifymedium 'freedos-13.vdi' --resize 525
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-==== The Plan 9 Second Edition CD-ROM (plan9-2e.iso) Install Target [D:] is the ~569 MB non-partitioned area after the previously partitioned 1% (6 MB, PRI DOS, FAT12) and formatted disk space:
-* Managed/modified disk (Device 0; D:) setting:
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-$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo 'freedos-13_1.vdi'
-Capacity:       500 MBytes
-----
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-$ VBoxManage modifymedium 'freedos-13_1.vdi' --compact
-$ VBoxManage modifymedium 'freedos-13_1.vdi' --resize 575
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-=== Run FreeDOS 1.3  in "Safe Mode" (press #3).
-* 3 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode)
-=== Review with FreeDOS and FDISK
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-C:\> fdisk
-Do you want to use large disk (FAT 32) support (Y/N).[Y]?
-Enter choice: [4]
-"... Usage"
-"... 95%"
-"Total disk space is  525 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes)"
-Press Esc to continue
-Press Esc to exit FDISK
-C:\> d:
-D:\> fdisk
-Do you want to use large disk (FAT 32) support (Y/N).[Y]?
-Enter choice: [5]
-Enter Fixed Disk Drive Number (1-2).....[2]
-"Current Fixed Disk Drive: 2"
-Enter choice: [4]
-"... Usage"
-"... 1%"
-"Total disk space is  575 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes)"
-Press Esc to continue
-Press Esc to exit FDISK
-D:\>
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-=== Floppy Diskettes and README file
-/ plan_9 / 2nd_edition / plan9.att.com / pcdist
-http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/2nd_edition/plan9.att.com/pcdist/
-    README
-    disk1
-    disk1.orig
-    disk2.vd
-    disk2.vd.orig
-    disk3.vd
-    disk3.vd.orig
-    disk4.vd
-    disk4.vd.orig
-** Copy README, disk1, disk2.vd, disk3.vd, and disk4.vd to the VirtualBox host machine.
-** disk1 (rename to disk1.img) is a boot-able diskette, and used to configure the C:\plan9\plan9.ini or D:\plan9\plan9.ini
-** disk2.vd, disk3.vd, and disk4.vd are files that must be copied to new diskettes (disk2.img, disk3.img and disk4.img).
-=== Notes:
-* C:\plan9\plan9.ini can configure the demo system. (limited VGA settings?)
-* D:\plan9\plan9.ini can configure the full system. (less limited VGA settings?)
-** Menu choice "Make the newly installed Plan 9 the default" requires further review.
-* Create a blank floppy.img with VirtualBox, for use with FreeDOS:
-** Floppy Drive Device 0:
-** Choose/Create A Virtual Floppy Disk...
-** Floppy Disk Selector (Popup)
-** Create Disk Image (Icon)
-** File Path: (rename the floppy.img as needed)
-** Size: 1.44
-** Format disk as FAT 12
-* Create three copies of the new blank floppy.img (disk2.img, disk3.img, disk4.img):
-* Copy  disk2.vd to the disk2.img
-* Copy  disk3.vd to the disk3.img
-* Copy  disk4.vd to the disk4.img
-=== A VirtualBox host copy example:
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-$ sudo mkdir /media/floppy1/
-$ sudo mount -o loop disk2.img /media/floppy1/
-$ sudo cp disk2.vd /media/floppy1/disk2.vd
-$ sudo umount /media/floppy1/
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-=== Final VirtualBox guest Configuration Results (only):
-* General
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-Name: freedos-13
-Operating System: DOS
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-* System
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-Base Memory: 32 MB
-Execution Cap: 40%
-Boot Order: Floppy, Optical, Hard Disk
-Acceleration: VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging
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-* Display
-----
-Video Memory: 9 MB
-Graphics Controller: VboxVGA
-Remote Desktop Server: Disabled
-Recording: Disabled
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-* Storage
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-Controller: Floppy
-   Floppy Device 0: Empty
-Controller: IDE
-   IDE Primary Device 0: [Optical Drive] plan9-2e.iso (375.27 MB)
-   IDE Primary Device 1: freedos-13.vdi (Normal, 525.00 MB)
-   IDE  Secondary Device 0: freedos-13_1.vdi (Normal, 575.00 MB)
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-* Audio
-----
-Host Driver: PulseAudio
-Controller: SoundBlaster 16
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-* Network
-* USB
-----
-Disabled
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-* Shared folders
-----
-None
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-* Description
-----
-None
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-* VirtualBox - Bugs: High CPU usage of FreeDOS machine
-http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Bugs:_High_CPU_usage_of_FreeDOS_machine
-* System (CPU usage adjustment)
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-Base Memory: 32 MB
-Execution Cap: 40%
-[ ]
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-==== Boot the FreeDOS VM with diskette disk1.img to configure C:\plan9\plan9.ini:
-Plan 9 Second Edition Menu: "System Instillation & Configuration"
-==== Menu
-"Select a disc containing a FAT-based filesystem." [If the disc you want does not appear...]
-"/dev/hd1"
-"/dev/hd2"
-** Select /dev/hd1 to configure the C:\plan9\plan9.ini
-** Select /dev/hd2 to configure the D:\plan9\plan9.ini
-* Remove the floppy diskette before restarting the FreeDOS VM.
-* Install the Plan 9 Second Edition Demo.
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-C:\>plan9\b
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-Plan 9 Second Edition Menu: "File System Instillation"
-** Select /dev/hd1 to configure the C:\plan9\plan9.ini
-Select: "1. Install 3 Diskette System to local drive"
-** (The following menu steps may require several attempts before the "3 Diskette System" is installed [in a familiar way], and configured, without interruption.)
-** Make the newly installed Plan 9 the default (avoid this option initially)
-** Reconfigure the system (possible)
-** Exit to system (avoid this option)
-** Reboot (possible)
-** Remove the floppy diskette from the virtual drive before restarting.
-=== "Reconfigure the system" by booting with diskette disk1.img after installing disk2.img, disk3.img, disk4.img, or the plan9-2e.iso, to a virtual hard disk drive storage device.
-** Avoid "File System Installation"
-** Select "An active Plan 9 system"
-* Start the Plan 9 Second Edition Demo.
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-C:\>plan9\b
-root is from (local, 9600, 19200, il)[local!#H/hd1fs]:
-(press return/enter)
-user[none]
-(press return/enter)
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-/bin/dossrv 19 serving #s/dos
-Start window system (y/n)?
-(type y, then  press return/enter.)
-----
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-[]
-Welcome to Plan 9.
-This is rc.
-term%
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-* (type 'disk/kfscmd halt' in a terminal window, then  press return/enter to cleanly halt the system.)
-Menu configuration note:
-* Select /dev/hd1 to configure the C:\plan9\plan9.ini
-** Example Second Edition demo /dev/hd1 plan9.ini:
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-mouseport=ps2
-monitor=vga
-vgasize=800x600x1
-console=cga
-bootfile=h!1
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-* Select /dev/hd2 to configure the D:\plan9\plan9.ini
-** Example Second Edition /dev/hd2 plan9.ini:
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-mouseport=ps2
-monitor=vga
-vgasize=1280x1024x8
-console=cga
-bootfile=h!2
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-=== Display configuration
-.6. Advanced Display Configuration
-http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#adv-display-config
-FreeDOS small screensize
-https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9816
-"You're stuck with this small screen."
-B.COM(8)
-http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/b.com
-PLAN9.INI(8)
-http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/plan9.ini
-VGA(8)
-http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/vga
-Notes:
-Adding a monitor to vgadb
-https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/adding_a_monitor_to_vgadb/index.html
-/usr/web/sources/patch/applied/vgadb_additions/vgadb.orig
-https://plan9.io/sources/patch/applied/vgadb_additions/vgadb.orig
-Kfs file system configuration
-https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Kfs_file_system_configuration/index.html
-Papers
-PLAN 9 RELEASE 2 (1995)
-https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/papers/
-=== ISO image
-Plan 9 Foundation
-https://plan9foundation.org/
-FreeDOS Wiki
-http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
-=== Manual
-Manual Sections
-http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/
-Manual pages - Section 8: system administration
-http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/
-=== toobnix.org
-----
-games/fireworks
-"Windowing system is 8 1/2 which is closer to UNIX mux"
-Plan9 2nd Edition
-https://toobnix.org/w/qwV29JnoE9HCNmBEZutRn4
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-</file>
-===== Disk1.img =====
-^disk1 (rename to disk1.img) is a boot-able diskette that is used to configure plan9.ini.^^
-|''C:\plan9\plan9.ini''|''/dev/hd1''|
-|''D:\plan9\plan9.ini''|''/dev/hd2''|
-  * The default settings are suitable for educational and informational purposes.
-^Plan 9 Second Edition screen for: Disk1^
-|"System Instillation & Configuration"|
-|Plan 9 is already installed on the filesystem you selected in ''\plan9''|
-  - Remove the instillation
-  - Reconfigure the system
-  - File System Installation
-**Select 2: "Reconfigure the system"**
-|You must enter information about all devices every time you use this menu to configure a device. This is not an editor; it makes a new ''PLAN9.INI'' file each time|
-  - VGA setup
-  - Mouse type
-  - Ethernet card
-  - ATA (IDE) controller
-  - SCSI controller
-  - SoundBlaster
-  - SoundBlaster CD-ROM
-  - File system console
-  - Save configuration
-^1. VGA setup^
-|640x480x1|
-|640x480x8|
-|800x600x1|
-|800x600x8|
-|1024x768x1|
-|1024x768x8|
-|1280x768x8|
-|1376x1024x8|
-^Continue the VGA setup^
-|vga - Basic monitor or laptop LCD|
-|multisync65 - Video bandwith up to 65MHz|
-|multisync75 - Video bandwith up to 75MHz|
-|multisync135 - Video bandwith up to 135MHz|
-^2. Mouse type^
-|COM1|
-|COM2|
-|PS2|
-^3. Ethernet card^
-|None|
-|NE2000 - this card comes with Gateway & TI laptops|
-|NE4100 - The National/IBM PCMCIA ethernet|
-|WD8003 - includes SMC Elites & WD8013-based cards|
-|3C509 - the 3COM ISA/EISA/PCI 10Mbps card|
-|3C589 - the 3COM PCMCIA card|
-^4. ATA (IDE) controller^
-|None|
-|secondary - Port 0x170|
-|teritary - Port 0x1E8|
-|quarternary - Port 0x168|
-^5. SCSI controller^
-|None|
-|aha1542 - Adaptec 154x[BC]|
-|bus745 - Buslogic 7[45]7[SD]|
-|ultra14f - Ultrastor [13]4f|
-|bus4201 - Buslogic 7[45]7[SD] in 32-bit mode|
-^6. SoundBlaster^
-|None|
-|Port 0x220|
-|Port 0x240|
-|Port 0x260|
-|Port 0x280|
-^7. SoundBlaster CD-ROM^
-|None|
-|panasonic|
-|matsushita|
-|mitsumi|
-|ATAPI (IDE)|
-^8. File system console^
-|None|
-|CGA|
-|COM1|
-|COM2|
-^9. Save configuration^
-|Redo|
-|Save|
-<file config A "9. Save configuration" Redo Save menu snippet>
-mouseport=ps2
-monitor=vga
-vgasize=640x480x1
-console=cga
-bootfile=hd!1!/plan9/9dos
-rootdir=/plan9
-bootdisk=#H/hd1disk:63
-</file>
-|Pick which configuration will boot by default. This can be overridden by supplying an argument to ''\PLAN9\B''.|
-^Menu^
-|File System Installation|
-|An active Plan 9 System|
-|Choose the boot partition to mark as the active system.|
-^Menu^
-|''/dev/hd1''|
-|''/dev/hd2''|
-^Press the ''Esc'' key to see what happens.^
-|Reconfiguration complete. Remove the boot floppy and press any key to reboot, allowing the new configuration to come into effect.|
-|When you return to DOS, restart Plan 9 by typing ''PLAN9\B'' at the DOS prompt.|
-==== Disk1 re-config note ====
-  - VGA setup
-    * 640x480x1
-    * vga - Basic monitor or laptop LCD
-  - Mouse type
-    * PS2
-  - Ethernet card
-    * None
-  - ATA (IDE) controller
-    * None
-  - SCSI controller
-    * None
-  - SoundBlaster
-    * None
-  - SoundBlaster CD-ROM
-    * None
-  - File system console
-    * CGA
-  - Save configuration
-    * Save
-===== \PLAN9\B =====
-  * //b.com - PC bootstrap program//
-^Remove Disk1 then reboot.^^
-|''C:\PLAN9\B''|''D:\PLAN9\B''|
-|Run FreeDOS 1.3  in //Safe Mode// (press #3).|
-|//''3 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode)''//|
-^Plan 9 Second Edition screen for: \PLAN9\B^
-|"File System Installation"|
-^File System Installation^
-|1. Install 3 Diskette System to local drive|
-|2. Install CD-ROM to local drive|
-|3a.Make a PC file server boot disk|
-|3b.Install CD-ROM to network file server|
-|4. Make this PC a CPU and Authentication server|
-|B.COM(8)|http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/b.com|
-===== System console =====
-<file config failure, with console snippets>
-[]
-init: starting /bin/rc
-controller not in /lib/vgadb
-[]
-/bin/dosserv 19: serving #s/dos
-init: rc exit status: rc 8:false
-init: starting /bin/rc
-term%
-</file>
-<code>
- term%
- term% cd /
- term% lc readme
- readme
- term% grep halt readme
- To halt the system cleanly, type: disk/kfscmd halt
- term% disk/kfscmd halt
- kfs: file system halted
-</code>
-===== ISO image =====
-|Plan 9 Foundation|
-|https://plan9foundation.org/|
-|FreeDOS Wiki|
-|http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|
-===== Manual =====
-|Manual Sections|
-|http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/|
-|Manual pages - Section 8: system administration|
-|http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9_2nd_ed/8/|
-==== toobnix.org ====
-|games/fireworks|
-|Windowing system is 8½ which is closer to UNIX mux|
-|Plan9 2nd Edition|
-|https://toobnix.org/w/qwV29JnoE9HCNmBEZutRn4|