On 11/22/2011 9:39 AM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
After a long hiatus, I'd like to get back to experimenting with Plan
9. I have an Ubuntu Linux laptop with AMD's virtualization extensions
supported by the CPU, so I figure my best bet is one of the umpteen
virtualization tools. Which is best supported by Plan 9 — virtualbox,
qemu, or something else?
Also, what distributions are best for amd64? Bell Labs'? 9front? 9atom?
Thanks,
—Joel
I have had good luck with qemu-kvm. I've even got a VPS running with
all the management bells and wistles like libvirt and such. It has been
running solid since march (lab's plan9 with fossil only).
I ran a qemu/kvm instance at home for a while too. That was under
archlinux though (and an AMD cpu with the necessary extensions).
In the former case I had to really play with plan9.ini to get it to boot
all the way, but it required nothing out of the ordinary in the end.
Choose your virtualized NIC wisely I suppose.
-Jack
