From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <6bf7acf88d7a58a4f32559910af8dea3@rei2.9hal> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 05:28:33 +0000 Message-ID: From: Charles Forsyth To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] acid on linux; easiest-to-set-up virtual machine Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1295dfec-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I couldn't get the vbox I downloaded to work properly with Solaris. Several hours of my life are missing. On 1 February 2013 02:39, ron minnich wrote: > vbox is a useful bit paperweight. Maybe you have too many bits, and > they might float away. Use vbox to hold them down. If you ever need > the bits vbox is holding down, then you can set those bits free by > removing vbox. > > I think it has some other alleged use but I have not had much luck with that. > > ron >