* [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 @ 2009-04-22 5:50 Ramon de Vera 2009-04-22 5:30 ` Eris Discordia ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Ramon de Vera @ 2009-04-22 5:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website) and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as: kfs...<caret> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox settings that I am using. I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different OS and try again. :-) Regards, Mon ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 5:50 [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 Ramon de Vera @ 2009-04-22 5:30 ` Eris Discordia 2009-04-22 6:12 ` Preston Mays ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Eris Discordia @ 2009-04-22 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will take someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why it doesn't. A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching the kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because applying it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice. And that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the (virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel as well--not something I can dream of doing. --On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera <ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website) > and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as: > > kfs...<caret> > > And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am > hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox settings that I am > using. > > I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different > OS and try again. :-) > > Regards, > Mon > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 5:50 [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 Ramon de Vera 2009-04-22 5:30 ` Eris Discordia @ 2009-04-22 6:12 ` Preston Mays [not found] ` <AEF7D6DDF7CD011850DD2A0A@192.168.1.2> 2009-04-22 6:56 ` Federico G. Benavento 3 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Preston Mays @ 2009-04-22 6:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs I've had similar problems on OS X, so I think it's a problem with VirtualBox, not Vista. I got past initial configuration and installation, but the system consistently froze when I tried to compile a new kernel. I switched to QEMU and haven't had any issues since. Aside from switching emulators, all I can suggest is to experiment with different host options and disable any hardware that's not absolutely necessary during installation. ~Preston On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Ramon de Vera wrote: > Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website) > and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as: > > kfs...<caret> > > And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am > hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox settings that I am > using. > > I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different > OS and try again. :-) > > Regards, > Mon > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 [not found] ` <AEF7D6DDF7CD011850DD2A0A@192.168.1.2> @ 2009-04-22 6:41 ` Ramon de Vera 2009-04-22 14:34 ` David Leimbach 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Ramon de Vera @ 2009-04-22 6:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Thanks Preston, Thanks Eris, I'll take the qemu approach then. I'd rather not start patching/recompiling plan 9 kernels just yet. :-) Thanks again, Mon On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote: > I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox > releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will take > someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why it > doesn't. > > A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching the > kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because applying > it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice. And > that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the > (virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never > begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel as > well--not something I can dream of doing. > > --On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera > <ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website) >> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as: >> >> kfs...<caret> >> >> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am >> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox settings that I am >> using. >> >> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different >> OS and try again. :-) >> >> Regards, >> Mon >> > > > > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 6:41 ` Ramon de Vera @ 2009-04-22 14:34 ` David Leimbach 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: David Leimbach @ 2009-04-22 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1837 bytes --] On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Ramon de Vera <ramondevera@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Preston, Thanks Eris, > > I'll take the qemu approach then. I'd rather not start > patching/recompiling plan 9 kernels just yet. :-) Compiling kernels is pretty simple on plan 9. > > > Thanks again, > Mon > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Eris Discordia > <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have tried to boot a number of Plan 9 4e ISOs on a number of VirtualBox > > releases (even from before Sun acquired it). Just won't work. It will > take > > someone who knows Plan 9 very well to debug it and find out exactly why > it > > doesn't. > > > > A problem with Virtual PC was recently solved, I remember, by patching > the > > kernel. Nobody said if the patch did work or not probably because > applying > > it and recompiling the kernel was too complicated a task for a novice. > And > > that was with the ISO properly booting and a complete installation on the > > (virtual) disk. If the ISO doesn't boot and the installation system never > > begins I assume one will have to create a new ISO with the patched kernel > as > > well--not something I can dream of doing. > > > > --On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:50 PM -0600 Ramon de Vera > > <ramondevera@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Has anyone else tried grabbing the latest Plan9 ISO (from the website) > >> and installing it via VirtualBox v2.2 ? I got only as far as: > >> > >> kfs...<caret> > >> > >> And the whole thing just stalled and hung at that point, so I am > >> hoping that someone can point me to the wrong vbox settings that I am > >> using. > >> > >> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different > >> OS and try again. :-) > >> > >> Regards, > >> Mon > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2626 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 5:50 [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 Ramon de Vera ` (2 preceding siblings ...) [not found] ` <AEF7D6DDF7CD011850DD2A0A@192.168.1.2> @ 2009-04-22 6:56 ` Federico G. Benavento 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Ramon de Vera 3 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Federico G. Benavento @ 2009-04-22 6:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs > I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different > OS and try again. :-) > I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and I've found vmware to be best. -- Federico G. Benavento ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 6:56 ` Federico G. Benavento @ 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Ramon de Vera 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave @ 2009-04-22 7:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs hello 9grid.es is also a vmware server and works quite well (with one virtual processor only, using two of them, vmware consumes all the cpu available outside the virtual machine) slds. gabi El 22/04/2009, a las 8:56, Federico G. Benavento escribió: >> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different >> OS and try again. :-) >> > > I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and > I've found vmware to be best. > > > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] VirtualBox and Plan9 2009-04-22 6:56 ` Federico G. Benavento 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave @ 2009-04-22 7:03 ` Ramon de Vera 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Ramon de Vera @ 2009-04-22 7:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs Cool, I'll 'talk' to you off list Federico. Regards, Mon On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Federico G. Benavento <benavento@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am trying this from a Vista box. Please don't say go to a different >> OS and try again. :-) >> > > I have a cpu server inside vmware on vista here, qemu is too slow and > I've found vmware to be best. > > > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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