Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Qemu on Windows?

["Jack Johnson" <knapjack@gmail.com>]

On 8/8/06, Anssi Porttikivi <porttikivi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried running Plan 9 on the Windows version of qemu (which
> is in alpha)? Any tips for making it work?

Version 0.7.2 works well.  You can get it pre-built from the ReactOS Web site:

http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/download.html

If you already have the latest version, you can use qemu-img to
generate a disk image to suit.  I usually create an empty, compressed
VMware disk image of 20GB that I copy each time I need a disk for some
random OS for either VMware Player or QEMU, as they'll both use the
same disk format, and empty it's just a few KB.

To install:

qemu -boot d -cdrom \path\to\plan9.iso -m 128 -L . plan9.vmdk -user-net

(options are slightly different for version 8, feel free to tune the RAM, etc.)

Venti will cause your disk image to grow to nearly actual size, so if
your virtual disk image is smaller than your available space, I would
recommend skipping a local venti.  Also, if you plan on moving the
image around, you can get an install in under 400MB pretty easily.

To boot:

qemu -boot c -m 128 -L . plan9.vmdk -user-net

>From there, you'd want to read the standard QEMU guides on networking
and maybe peruse the mailing list archives for insight on Plan 9 and
NAT.

Good luck!

-Jack