[9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Ramon de Vera]

Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website)
and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as:

kfs...<caret>

And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am
hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox  settings that I am
using.

I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
OS and try again. :-)

Regards,
Mon

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Eris Discordia]

I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox
releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will take
someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why it
doesn't.

A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching the
kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because applying
it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice. And
that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the
(virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never
begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel
as well--not something I can dream of doing.

--On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera
<ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website)
> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as:
>
> kfs...<caret>
>
> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am
> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox  settings that I am
> using.
>
> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
> OS and try again. :-)
>
> Regards,
> Mon
>

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Preston Mays]

I've had similar problems on OS X, so I think it's a problem with
VirtualBox, not Vista. I got past initial configuration and
installation, but the system consistently froze when I tried to
compile a new kernel. I switched to QEMU and haven't had any issues
since.

Aside from switching emulators, all I can suggest is to experiment
with different host options and disable any hardware that's not
absolutely necessary during installation.

~Preston

On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Ramon de Vera wrote:

> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website)
> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as:
>
> kfs...<caret>
>
> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am
> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox  settings that I am
> using.
>
> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
> OS and try again. :-)
>
> Regards,
> Mon
>

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Ramon de Vera]

Thanks Preston, Thanks Eris,

I'll take the qemu approach then. I'd rather not start
patching/recompiling plan 9 kernels just yet. :-)

Thanks again,
Mon

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Eris Discordia
<eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox
> releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will take
> someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why it
> doesn't.
>
> A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching the
> kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because applying
> it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice. And
> that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the
> (virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never
> begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel as
> well--not something I can dream of doing.
>
> --On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera
> <ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website)
>> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as:
>>
>> kfs...<caret>
>>
>> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am
>> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox  settings that I am
>> using.
>>
>> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
>> OS and try again. :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mon
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[David Leimbach]

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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Ramon de Vera <ramondevera@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Preston, Thanks Eris,
>
> I'll take the qemu approach then. I'd rather not start
> patching/recompiling plan 9 kernels just yet. :-)


Compiling kernels is pretty simple on plan 9.


>
>
> Thanks again,
> Mon
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Eris Discordia
> <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox
> > releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will
> take
> > someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why
> it
> > doesn't.
> >
> > A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching
> the
> > kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because
> applying
> > it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice.
> And
> > that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the
> > (virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never
> > begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel
> as
> > well--not something I can dream of doing.
> >
> > --On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera
> > <ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website)
> >> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as:
> >>
> >> kfs...<caret>
> >>
> >> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am
> >> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox  settings that I am
> >> using.
> >>
> >> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
> >> OS and try again. :-)
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Mon
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Federico G. Benavento]

> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
> OS and try again. :-)
>

I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and
I've found vmware to be best.



--
Federico G. Benavento

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave]

hello


9grid.es is also a vmware server and works quite well (with one  
virtual processor only, using two of them, vmware consumes all the cpu  
available outside the virtual machine)

slds.

gabi

El 22/04/2009, a las 8:56, Federico G. Benavento escribió:

>> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
>> OS and try again. :-)
>>
>
> I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and
> I've found vmware to be best.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Federico G. Benavento
>
>

Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9

[Ramon de Vera]

Cool, I'll 'talk' to you off list Federico.

Regards,
Mon

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Federico G. Benavento
<benavento@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different
>> OS and try again. :-)
>>
>
> I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and
> I've found vmware to be best.
>
>
>
> --
> Federico G. Benavento
>
>