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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:43:02 +0000
From: Kyle Laracey <kalaracey@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom vs 9front
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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:
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> > > > I've been trying for about two days to get the stock Plan9 from Bel=
l
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> > > > Labs to install with Networking under Virtual Box
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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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> > > 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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> > 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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> > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.24/
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> I too am using Bell Labs Plan9 but on 4.1.22.
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> 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 mas=
ter
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>   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 network=
ing to work in Plan9 under VirtualBox? I have gotten it installed, and snoo=
py shows packets arriving (many arps), but ip/ipconfig timeouts with "ipcon=
fig: no success with dhcp". Is there any way to use wifi or no?