Weird i tried similar settings a few days ago and it didnt work. Can you post the vdi and hdd  settings too?

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Sam Ducksworth <sducksworth@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is how I setup my VM.

Base Memory: 392MB
Video Memory: 32MB
IDE Primary Master (CD/DVD): (latest plan9 iso was mounted here )
IDE Primary Slave: Plan9.vdi(Normal, 2.00GB)
Host Driver: CoreAudio
Controller: ICH AC97
Adapter 1:
Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT)

--samd


I had to up the video memory for the VM to 32MB.

On Dec 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Robbin Johnson wrote:

How did you configure the video? ... I get a scrambled image and no rio desktop.

Robbin.