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Sorry, I know, off topic, but has to be said. Just my two bob piece...


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Matthew Veety <mve...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/09/13 15:52, Terry Wendt wrote:
>
>> I've never been able to get plan9, 9atom, or 9front to install under
>> virtualbox.  I've had to install plan9 on a dual-boot machine, which
>> sucks.  I can't use qemu or the linux kvm with my proc, it doesn't do
>> virtualization.  I'd really like to get one of the above to work with
>> virtualbox.  Just my two cent's.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Terry.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Jens Staal <staal1...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:staal1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Sunday 06 October 2013 17:10:47 Jacob Todd wrote:
>>      > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Christopher Nielsen
>>     <cniel...@pobox.com <mailto:cniel...@pobox.com>>
>>
>>     wrote:
>>      > > Sadly, no. That would have been my first choice, if it were an
>>     option.
>>      > > I know ahci works great in 9atom. I'll give virtualbox a whirl.
>>      >
>>      > You would probably be better off using qemu than virtualbox.
>>
>>     Last when I installed 9atom I had to do it in virtualbox and then
>>     convert that
>>     image for qemu. The 9atom iso failed during boot (after selecting
>>     boot/install
>>     option).
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
> 9front works in virtualbox. qemu also can run without the virtualization
> extensions.
>
> --
> Veety
>
>

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