> 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.
