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 > > > > > Labs to install with Networking under Virtual Box > > > > > > > > Bell Labs Plan 9 and networking works well in virtualbox 3.1.8 using > > > > Am79C973 virtual ethernet adapter in bridged mode, chipset PIIX3 > > > > selected and "Enable IO APIC" turned off. (Maybe not the only usable > > > > settings but these work for me.) > > > > > > > > Some newer versions of virtualbox have been reported as problematic. > > > > You can search for "virtualbox old builds" on the web. > > > > > > I agree with Richard and I can confirm Plan 9 works > > > fine in VirtualBox 4.1.24 (2012-12-19). > > > > > > It can be downloaded here: > > > > > > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.24/ > > > > I too am using Bell Labs Plan9 but on 4.1.22. > > Settings that work for me: > > system: chipset PIIX3, enable IO APIC, enable PAE/NX, Enable VT-x/AMD-V, > > enable nested paging > > Storage: IDE controller, PIIX4, use host io-cache, cd-rom secondary master > > Network: bridged adapter, Intel Pro/1000 MT Server > > Ports: Enable USB controller, Enable USB2.0 controller > > > > IIRC you need to install matching virtual box extension pack > > for USB to work. > > > > Note: if your host uses wifi but no ethernet, bridged > > 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?
