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Subject: Re: [9fans] Returning to Plan 9: Virtualization, Distributions
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> On 11/22/2011 9:39 AM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
>> After a long hiatus, I'd like to get back to experimenting with Plan
>> 9.  I have an Ubuntu Linux laptop with AMD's virtualization extensions
>> supported by the CPU, so I figure my best bet is one of the umpteen
>> virtualization tools.  Which is best supported by Plan 9 — virtualbox,
>> qemu, or something else?

On 11/22/2011 02:41 PM, Jack Norton wrote:
> I have had good luck with qemu-kvm.  I've even got a VPS running with
> all the management bells and wistles like libvirt and such.  It has been
> running solid since march (lab's plan9 with fossil only).

On 11/22/2011 05:14 PM, John Floren wrote:
> I found that Virtualbox worked very well when I was fiddling with my
> Macbook on the way back from IWP9. I haven't tried it on the thinkpad
> yet.

Thanks; I'll try them in turn, see if I get one to work.

—Joel