From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ECC274A.8090808@gmail.com> References: <4ECBFAD2.2080308@0x6a.com> <4ECC274A.8090808@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:22 +0100 Message-ID: From: Giacomo Tesio To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d044788779ec24204b25ac499 Subject: Re: [9fans] Returning to Plan 9: Virtualization, Distributions Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4444c36a-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f46d044788779ec24204b25ac499 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please, (b)log the path: I'd like to play again with plan9... but I completely forgot how I had configured qemu-kvm (and I remember that I had had some trouble with the network on my debian)... :-( Giacomo On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Joel C. Salomon w= rote: > > On 11/22/2011 9:39 AM, Joel C. Salomon wrote: > >> After a long hiatus, I'd like to get back to experimenting with Plan > >> 9. I have an Ubuntu Linux laptop with AMD's virtualization extensions > >> supported by the CPU, so I figure my best bet is one of the umpteen > >> virtualization tools. Which is best supported by Plan 9 =E2=80=94 vir= tualbox, > >> qemu, or something else? > > On 11/22/2011 02:41 PM, Jack Norton wrote: > > I have had good luck with qemu-kvm. I've even got a VPS running with > > all the management bells and wistles like libvirt and such. It has bee= n > > running solid since march (lab's plan9 with fossil only). > > On 11/22/2011 05:14 PM, John Floren wrote: > > I found that Virtualbox worked very well when I was fiddling with my > > Macbook on the way back from IWP9. I haven't tried it on the thinkpad > > yet. > > Thanks; I'll try them in turn, see if I get one to work. > > =E2=80=94Joel > > --f46d044788779ec24204b25ac499 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please, (b)log the path: I'd like to play again with plan9... but I com= pletely forgot how I had configured qemu-kvm (and I remember that I had had= some trouble with the network on my debian)... :-(


Giacomo

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 a= t 11:50 PM, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/2011 9:39 AM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
>> After a long hiatus, I'd like to get back to experimenting wit= h Plan
>> 9. =C2=A0I have an Ubuntu Linux laptop with AMD's virtualizati= on extensions
>> supported by the CPU, so I figure my best bet is one of the umptee= n
>> virtualization tools. =C2=A0Which is best supported by Plan 9 =E2= =80=94 virtualbox,
>> qemu, or something else?

On 11/22/2011 02:41 PM, Jack Norton wrote:
> I have had good luck with qemu-kvm. =C2=A0I've even got a VPS runn= ing with
> all the management bells and wistles like libvirt and such. =C2=A0It h= as been
> running solid since march (lab's plan9 with fossil only).

On 11/22/2011 05:14 PM, John Floren wrote:
> I found that Virtualbox worked very well when I was fiddling with my > Macbook on the way back from IWP9. I haven't tried it on the think= pad
> yet.

Thanks; I'll try them in turn, see if I get one to work.

=E2=80=94Joel


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