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Subject: Re: [9fans] VMware & Plan 9 on Dell
From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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Date: Mon,  1 Mar 2004 12:29:41 -0700
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> I've ordered a Dell 5100 laptop (2.8 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM).  XP is my default
> environment but I'll probably be running Mandrake Linux under VMware as
> well.  Any reason why I can't run Plan 9 (although not necessarily
> concurrently w/ Mandrake) under VMware too?

besides the expensive license or preference for "free" alternatives --
no.

you may have to install from the cd instead of using the vmware image.
people have reported problems with 4.x and the vmware image.
installing p9 from the cd should be fine.

i'm using p9 daily as a terminal running under vmware 3.x.  the speed
is very reasonable when running locally, with cfs it's acceptable when
running over dsl lines.

andrey