[OT] Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu and plan9

[Mark Guertin]

This is -very- Off Topic, but I, in good conscience,  had to voice this  
info...

Did anyone read at the agreement on their download page (  
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/download.html ) , specifically  
this part of the agreement:

" * I will not be using Plan 9 in the creation of weapons of mass  
destruction to be used by nations other than the US. "

This is _really_ unnerving for me, and was enough to make me run  
decline their agreement instantly and stop all considerations at  
examining their system setup.  Does this mean that they are condoning  
using their OS for weapons of mass destruction in the US (or that it's  
already in use for them)?  As a FOSS advocate and wishful for peace, I  
personally can't endorse a distribution that comes with such a stigma  
attached, and I encourage others to re-think their usage of it given  
the world situation as it is ...

Just my $0.02 but this deeply disturbed me and I felt the need to point  
this out to others so they could form their own opinion on this . . .

Mark

On 7-Jun-04, at 12:51 PM, Marc Vertes wrote:

> After the release of the news cirrus vga virtual display, I tried to
> run plan9 (Unix successor from bell-labs) under qemu. The install  
> floppy
> image boots successfully and activated the graphic part. Very
> impressive.
>
> I had to tweak configurations file on the boot floppy image (see
> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/download.html).
>
> See attached plan9.ini (monitor line) and a few lines that I added in
> vgadb:
>
> ctlr
>         vid=0x1013 did=0x00B8           # CL-GD5446
>         0xC0006="Plex86/Bochs VGABios "
>         link=vga
>         ctlr=clgd542x linear=1
>         hwgc=clgd542xhwgc
>
>
> The problem I face now is that the hard disk is not recognized. The
> disk partitioning tool does not start.
>
> I have created a correct hda image file. The command line is:
>
> qemu -pci -cirrusvga -fda 9dsk.flp -hda plan9.img -boot a
>
> Any advice to go further ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Marc
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