From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8735e13d7a9d86a2bd9f1183e435a8f9@bellsouth.net> References: <8735e13d7a9d86a2bd9f1183e435a8f9@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 19:53:06 +0800 Message-ID: From: Fernan Bolando To: blstuart@bellsouth.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: 9fans@9fans.net Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8faf1ad6-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote: >> Weird i tried similar settings a few days ago and it didnt work. Can you >> post the vdi and hdd =A0settings too? > > I had some success yesterday, but more so with Erik's 9atom > ISO than the one from the labs. =A0It handled the VirtualBox > disk emulation much better. =A0Anyway, I ended up with a > very similar configuration, but with the ISO on the secondary > master and the fossil FS on the primary master (though I think > it also worked the other way). =A0I tried all three of the disk > controller settings PIIX3, PIIX4, and ICH6, but none worked > with the Labs' image. =A0It looks like I used the =A0ICH6 setting > with 9atom. =A0I ended up using the PIIX3 chipset, but mostly > because that's what it was left on when I switched to 9atom. > I expect it would work with PIIX4 as well--not sure about the > ICH9. > > Toward the end of the day, though, I also got a VirtualBox > instance to boot off of a real Plan9 file server as a diskless > terminal...using IL to Ken's FS even :) =A0This was with the > Intel PRO/1000 MT Server in a bridged config. =A0This also > required the VirtualBox extensions to allow PXE booting > from the Intel cards. > > As always, your mileage may vary... I spent a few hours and investigated virtualbox 4.0 here is a summary latest official plan9 iso installed perfectly no network support. latest 9atom iso installed perfectly however after reboot it fails with the following errors MBR...PBS1...Bad Format or I/O error Press a key to reboot... reinstalling 9atom over the plan9.iso installation fixed everything, it's bootable and with netwrok support. thanks all