From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) From: Eric Van Hensbergen In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:59:45 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <720B1D6D-ECD3-473D-9873-382A820E7703@gmail.com> References: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Recommended emulators/VMs for P9 install Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02ccf87c-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ymmv, but here are two configurations I use: VMware fusion on Mac -- but only to run cpu/fs/auth -- I use either = drawterm or ACME-sac to get into it. It is very snappy. Easily as = snappy (for me) as my standalone Plan 9 equivalent and I do basically = all my work in this environment. I do not run Venti on it, the plan was = to use venti running on the host, linux box, or on the actual plan 9 box = to back up the vm, but I never got around to setting it up. Plan 9 running on kvm on Intel with a similar configuration (no = graphics, just cpu/fs/auth) and without venti. I've also dabbled with looking at using underlying Linux or MacOSX file = systems to host files for the root of the Plan 9 system to make things = even easier. As it is my source directory is bound from /mnt term even = though my root is from fossil on the virtual disk. There are probably = better file server configurations, but essentially I don't really trust = fossil from a performance or stability standpoint. Ron has his lguest stuff, that seems to work pretty well too, but he's = in the process of fixing it for more recent kernels as the underlying = platform is still a bit of a moving target. -eric On Apr 15, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote: > My computer died, so I'm in the market for a new one. I figure I'd > like to get back into hacking on Plan 9 so I plan to install it > beneath a VM in whatever machine I buy. I'm even considering Windows > 7 Pro with Virtual PC, but I think I'd prefer Xen or one of the > Linux-based things (VirtualBox, etc.). >=20 > Ease of installation is important, as is the ability to run a somewhat > normal (Windows or Linux) host OS. Are there any recommendations? >=20 > =97Joel >=20