From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Patrick Kelly" To: "'Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs'" <9fans@9fans.net> References: In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:42:22 -0400 Message-ID: <003901cadd83$ca8ea240$5fabe6c0$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Recommended emulators/VMs for P9 install Topicbox-Message-UUID: 03d2aa50-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > -----Original Message----- > From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net [mailto:9fans-bounces@9fans.net] On = Behalf Of Joel C. Salomon > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 10:51 AM > To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs > Subject: Re: [9fans] Recommended emulators/VMs for P9 install >=20 > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Federico G. Benavento = wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joel C. Salomon = wrote: > >> My computer died, so I'm in the market for a new one. I figure I'd > >> like to get back into hacking on Plan 9 so I plan to install it > >> beneath a VM in whatever machine I buy. I'm even considering = Windows > >> 7 Pro with Virtual PC, but I think I'd prefer Xen or one of the > >> Linux-based things (VirtualBox, etc.). > >> > >> Ease of installation is important, as is the ability to run a > >> somewhat normal (Windows or Linux) host OS. Are there any = recommendations? > >> > > vmware, the rest just suck, qemu and virtual box being the slowest >=20 > How about Xen? Has anyone here had luck wit it? I haven't tried, but I was going to see if Hyper-V was possible. I've = already stated VirtualPC works (conditionally), there's a possibility = Hyper-V might too. =20 > =E2=80=94Joel C. Salomon