Re: [9fans] Plan9 under VirtualBox

[Artem Novikov <novikovag@gmail.com>]

On 18 ноя, 23:17, leim...@gmail.com (David Leimbach) wrote:
> Can you select a SCSI disk instead of ATA?  I've found this makes a world of
> difference on VMWare.
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> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Robert Ransom <rransom.8...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:14:51 GMT
> > Artem Novikov <noviko...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Good day!
> > > I'm trying to install the system on VirtualBox, but the process is
> > > very slow. Is this normal?
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> > When I tried it, installing Plan 9 in VBox was horribly slow;
> > installing it directly on hardware was somewhat slow, but not nearly as
> > bad as in VBox.
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> > This is clearly a VBox bug, as there were reports in the VBox forums
> > and/or bug tracker that booting OpenSolaris was horribly slow as well.
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> > Robert Ransom

Thanks all.

David Leimbach
No, I just tried the IDE controller: PIIX4 and ICH6 types, no
difference. But only DMA not support message under Plan9 installation
if ICH6 selected. I'll try to experiment with SCSI.

Robert Ransom
Maybe it's VBox bug. But what type of bug, is any assumption?