> You say 'skip lguest' -- that's fine. But what's the best alternative > for running Plan9 server > on the same bare metal that needs to run something else?
I find VMware ESX (server 3i) pretty robust, whereas VMware server under Ubuntu makes Ubuntu somewhat more fragile than if I don't start any virtual machines, keeping in mind that bits of VMware server start up at boot time. Ubuntu itself jams solid, which may be a memory problem. NetBSD runs on ESX at the same time as Plan 9 and it switches off reproduceably pretty abruptly when I try to FTP the GNU directory from gnu.org, I haven't had occasion to trigger anything in the same vein for Plan 9. I do confess that both virtual machines tend to be underutilised and the NetBSD failure does not occur under normal circumstances. ++L
