The following are steps for installing and configuring the 9front operating system on a Linode virtual machine.
Create a new Linode virtual machine. I would recommend starting with the Shared CPU “Nanode 1GB” plan (which is 1GB of RAM, 25GB of Storage and 1 CPU for 5 USD per month).
Click the “Storage” tab and press “Add a Disk”. Specify a Label name, raw format type and the partition size (assuming you chose the “Nanode 1GB” plan, I would recommend using 25600MB) and press Create.
Click the “Configurations” tab and press “Add a Configuration”. Specify a Label name and the following recommended parameters and press Submit.
Click the Settings tab, and disable the Shutdown Watchdog.
With the VM powered off, start Rescue mode.
Open a new LISH console window. Once in Rescue mode, download your installation media and copy it to your boot disk. Refer to one of the 9front mirrors for the latest image.
wget http://9front.org/iso/9front-8013.d9e940a768d1.amd64.iso.gz -q -O -| funzip | dd of=/dev/sda
Close the LISH console window and press the Power Off button.
Press the Configurations tab and, under the configuration previously created, press the Boot button.
Start a new LISH console (Glish). At this point, you should be able to follow the general 9front “Installation Guide” for installing 9front OS to the boot disk. At the conclusion of the installation the VM should automatically restart.
http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html#4.3
Close the current LISH window. Upon refreshing your browser window, you may see that the VM is powered off. Press the Power On button and launch a new LISH console window (glish).
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