Install 9front in OpenBSD VMM


		  jrmu (jrmu@cloud9p.org)



			  ABSTRACT

	  This guide explains how to install 9front  as
     a virtual machine inside OpenBSD's	vmm



Install


This installation assumes you have configured vmm properly.

Download the 9front ISO:

# ftp https://9front.org/iso/9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz #  mv
9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz /home/iso/ # cd /home/iso # sha256
9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz SHA256 (9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz)
=
89f1e35bf735bfc9aeca38286a9a6607f3a40292befa4a30133157790f2edbcc
89f1e35bf735bfc9aeca38286a9a6607f3a40292befa4a30133157790f2edbcc
9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz $ gunzip 9front-10522.amd64.iso.gz
$ doas chown -R	iso:iso	/home/iso/


In /etc/vm.conf, specify 9front	as the ISO:

  vm "$USER" {
    owner $USER
    memory 2048M
    cdrom "/home/$USER/$USER.iso"
    disk /home/$USER/$USER.qcow2
    interface {
	locked lladdr aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
	switch "switch0"
    } }

Create a user account and make sure to	set  the  folder  as
go-rx:

$ doas su $USER	$ doas chmod -R	go-rx /home/$USER

In the home folder:

$ vmctl	create -s 20G $USER.qcow2


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Then log out of	the user with ^D,  then	 as  admin  user  in
group wheel:

$ doas vmctl reload $ vmctl start -c $USER




















































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