> What would be *really* helpful is if people who have actual real live
> running this minute Plan 9 under some VM system would post their
> *specific* VM and Plan9 configuration files to the Wiki.
>
> Several people claim to be running Plan 9 under assorted VMs, but it's
> very difficult for others to reproduce that success, and every time I ask
> someone for specific configs the response is "well that was months ago and
> I don't use it any more" or suchlike.
>
> Not that I don't believe them, but basically I don't believe them ;-)
i think the problem is that there are so many configurations.
there are at least
vm versions * vm config * real hardware
many of them. hardware passthrough has got to be one of the
least appealing ideas that's come out of virtualization. you get
all the complications of a virtual environment, coupled with the
convenience and sheer joy of dealing with hardware.
- erik
