On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:58 AM, <blstu...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Weird i tried similar settings a few days ago and it didnt work. Can you >> post the vdi and hdd settings too? > > I had some success yesterday, but more so with Erik's 9atom > ISO than the one from the labs. It handled the VirtualBox > disk emulation much better. Anyway, I ended up with a > very similar configuration, but with the ISO on the secondary > master and the fossil FS on the primary master (though I think > it also worked the other way). I tried all three of the disk > controller settings PIIX3, PIIX4, and ICH6, but none worked > with the Labs' image. It looks like I used the ICH6 setting > with 9atom. I ended up using the PIIX3 chipset, but mostly > because that's what it was left on when I switched to 9atom. > I expect it would work with PIIX4 as well--not sure about the > ICH9. > > Toward the end of the day, though, I also got a VirtualBox > instance to boot off of a real Plan9 file server as a diskless > terminal...using IL to Ken's FS even :) This was with the > Intel PRO/1000 MT Server in a bridged config. This also > required the VirtualBox extensions to allow PXE booting > from the Intel cards. > > As always, your mileage may vary...
I spent a few hours and investigated virtualbox 4.0 here is a summary latest official plan9 iso installed perfectly no network support. latest 9atom iso installed perfectly however after reboot it fails with the following errors MBR...PBS1...Bad Format or I/O error Press a key to reboot... reinstalling 9atom over the plan9.iso installation fixed everything, it's bootable and with netwrok support. thanks all
