From: Kyle Laracey <kalaracey@gmail.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:43:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e67812e1-e914-4f62-bb98-ba70f8a40435@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ce7293a0-a7c8-460c-9944-7d7b693ea40a@googlegroups.com>
On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:36:38 PM UTC-4, Bakul Shah wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:50:07 BST David du Colombier wrote:
>
> > > > I've been trying for about two days to get the stock Plan9 from Bell
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> > > > Labs to install with Networking under Virtual Box
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> > >
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> > > Bell Labs Plan 9 and networking works well in virtualbox 3.1.8 using
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> > > Am79C973 virtual ethernet adapter in bridged mode, chipset PIIX3
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> > > selected and "Enable IO APIC" turned off. (Maybe not the only usable
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> > > settings but these work for me.)
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> > >
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> > > Some newer versions of virtualbox have been reported as problematic.
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> > > You can search for "virtualbox old builds" on the web.
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> >
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> > I agree with Richard and I can confirm Plan 9 works
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> > fine in VirtualBox 4.1.24 (2012-12-19).
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> >
>
> > It can be downloaded here:
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> >
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> > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.24/
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>
>
> I too am using Bell Labs Plan9 but on 4.1.22.
>
> Settings that work for me:
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> system: chipset PIIX3, enable IO APIC, enable PAE/NX, Enable VT-x/AMD-V,
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> enable nested paging
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> Storage: IDE controller, PIIX4, use host io-cache, cd-rom secondary master
>
> Network: bridged adapter, Intel Pro/1000 MT Server
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> Ports: Enable USB controller, Enable USB2.0 controller
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>
>
> IIRC you need to install matching virtual box extension pack
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> for USB to work.
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>
>
> Note: if your host uses wifi but no ethernet, bridged
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> adapter won't work.
Oh so if my laptop (host) uses Wifi for internet, then I cannot get networking to work in Plan9 under VirtualBox? I have gotten it installed, and snoopy shows packets arriving (many arps), but ip/ipconfig timeouts with "ipconfig: no success with dhcp". Is there any way to use wifi or no?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-14 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-11 16:22 Kyle Laracey
2013-03-11 16:36 ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-14 11:43 ` Kyle Laracey
2013-03-11 17:30 ` Richard Miller
2013-03-11 19:50 ` David du Colombier
2013-03-11 20:34 ` balaji
2013-03-11 20:36 ` Bakul Shah
2013-03-11 20:47 ` Matthew Veety
2013-03-11 20:56 ` Bakul Shah
2013-03-12 1:49 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-03-12 20:53 ` a
2013-03-12 20:55 ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-12 21:18 ` a
2013-03-14 11:43 ` Kyle Laracey [this message]
2013-03-14 13:05 ` hiro
2013-03-14 13:38 ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-14 13:49 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-14 15:58 ` [9fans] 9front Acme unresponsive to key presses Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
2013-03-14 16:41 ` [9fans] 9atom vs 9front Bakul Shah
2013-03-14 11:43 ` Kyle Laracey
2013-03-14 11:43 ` Kyle Laracey
2013-03-14 16:08 ` Matthew Veety
2013-03-14 19:46 ` Bakul Shah
2013-03-14 11:48 ` Kyle Laracey
2013-03-11 16:32 Kyle Laracey
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