> I have just subscribed to this list. I am planning ahead to experiment > with Plan9, but I want to set it up under an emulator (the host system > is Linux with 2.2.16 kernel). I saw some messages from last year > mentioning plan9 running in QEMU. Another emulator candidate would be > Bochs. Could anyone please share their recent experience regarding > running Plan9 in an emulator, are there any serious issues, etc.
I have been running Plan 9 in QEMU for the past few days and it has worked well. I put changes on sources a few days ago that correct some problems with the ethernet and disk simulation. I think I also fixed the dreaded "hangs under VMware unless there is a CD in the drive" bug too. It just boots: qemu -cdrom plan9.iso -boot d You can only select graphics depths of 8bpp (e.g., 1024x768x8). Russ
