1---
 2title: Run 9front in Qemu
 3url: run-9front-in-qemu.html
 4date: 2023-05-05T12:00:00+02:00
 5type: note
 6draft: false
 7tags: [plan9]
 8---
 9
10Run 9front in Qemu. This applies to [Plan9](https://9p.io/plan9/) and
11[9front](https://9front.org/).
12
13Download from here http://9front.org/iso/.
14
15```sh
16# Create a qcow2 image.
17qemu-img create -f qcow2 $HOME/VM/9front.qcow2.img 30G
18
19# Run the VM.
20qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 1024 \
21    -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=52:54:00:00:EE:03 -net user \
22    -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
23    -drive if=none,id=vd0,file=$HOME/VM/9front.qcow2.img \
24    -device scsi-hd,drive=vd0 \
25    -drive if=none,id=vd1,file=$HOME/VM/ISO/9front.386.iso \
26    -device scsi-cd,drive=vd1,bootindex=0
27```
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