> > 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.
I agree with Richard and I can confirm Plan 9 works fine in VirtualBox 4.1.24 (2012-12-19). It can be downloaded here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.24/ However, as Richard said, VirtualBox 4.2 is known not to work with Plan 9 from Bell Labs. -- David du Colombier
