From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <5255B7C0.50006@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:08:32 -0400 From: Matthew Veety User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130812 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <1443888.IpIV48qqpV@krypton> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] VMware and 9atom Topicbox-Message-UUID: 848de478-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 10/09/13 15:52, Terry Wendt wrote: > I've never been able to get plan9, 9atom, or 9front to install under > virtualbox. I've had to install plan9 on a dual-boot machine, which > sucks. I can't use qemu or the linux kvm with my proc, it doesn't do > virtualization. I'd really like to get one of the above to work with > virtualbox. Just my two cent's. > > Cheers, > Terry. > > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Jens Staal > wrote: > > On Sunday 06 October 2013 17:10:47 Jacob Todd wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Christopher Nielsen > > > wrote: > > > Sadly, no. That would have been my first choice, if it were an > option. > > > I know ahci works great in 9atom. I'll give virtualbox a whirl. > > > > You would probably be better off using qemu than virtualbox. > > Last when I installed 9atom I had to do it in virtualbox and then > convert that > image for qemu. The 9atom iso failed during boot (after selecting > boot/install > option). > > > > > -- > Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from > the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent > disinclination to do so. > Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See" 9front works in virtualbox. qemu also can run without the virtualization extensions. -- Veety