Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2011-01-10 Thread Fernan Bolando
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:26 PM, a z wrote: >> MBR...PBS1...Bad Format or I/O error >> Press a key to reboot... > > I also had this issue with Openbox-ubuntu-core2duo-ich9/ahci-sata, although > it was intermittent, sometimes it would barely work (painfully slowly) clear > into the part where I was

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2011-01-01 Thread erik quanstrom
> I tried to do a fresh reinstall a few times, so in my case it's at > least repeatable on > a macbook. your macbook. milage seems to vary. frustrating to not know on what. > > if so, can you try running fdisk and prep by hand > > and seeing if the output makes sense?  also, one > > can compare

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2011-01-01 Thread Fernan Bolando
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> 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. > > that's quite wierd.  can you reproduce this error? I

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2011-01-01 Thread erik quanstrom
> 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. that's quite wierd. can you reproduce this error? if so, can you try running fdisk and prep by hand and seeing if

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2011-01-01 Thread Fernan Bolando
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:58 AM, 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

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-31 Thread blstuart
> 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 simila

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-30 Thread Fernan Bolando
Weird i tried similar settings a few days ago and it didnt work. Can you post the vdi and hdd settings too? On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Sam Ducksworth wrote: > Here is how I setup my VM. > > Base Memory: 392MB > Video Memory: 32MB > IDE Primary Master (CD/DVD): (latest plan9 iso was mounted

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-30 Thread Sam Ducksworth
Here is how I setup my VM. Base Memory: 392MB Video Memory: 32MB IDE Primary Master (CD/DVD): (latest plan9 iso was mounted here ) IDE Primary Slave: Plan9.vdi(Normal, 2.00GB) Host Driver: CoreAudio Controller: ICH AC97 Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT) --samd I had to up the video mem

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-30 Thread Sam Ducksworth
iMac with 2.66Ghz Intel Core i5 On Dec 30, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Steve Simon wrote: > Is this a PPC mac or an Intel one? > > Qemu and plan9 on my G4 Powerbook is > slow enough to be of little real use. > > -Steve >

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-30 Thread Robbin Johnson
How did you configure the video? ... I get a scrambled image and no rio desktop. Robbin.

Re: [9fans] Plan9 and VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-30 Thread Steve Simon
Is this a PPC mac or an Intel one? Qemu and plan9 on my G4 Powerbook is slow enough to be of little real use. -Steve