Tried QEMU but it wouldn't run on my system. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit and perhaps QEMU doesn't run on a 64-bit system.
Regards Chris Saunders "Chris Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks, I have downloaded but not yet installed QEMU. I will try this > soon. > > Regards > Chris Saunders > > "Eris Discordia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:54:20 -0000, Chris Saunders >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> As far as I know there is no Open dialog box in Plan9. >> >> Not in Plan 9. I thought you might be getting the Virtual PC settings >> wrong and was referring to the settings on the menu bar on top of your >> virtual machine window (which belongs to VPC). >> >>> I have several times brought the instalation up to >>> this point and the installer suggests that the install image should be >>> at >>> /dev/sdD0/data. >> >> >> If you have come this far, it is clear I was wrong. The install image is >> indeed where the installer suggests, at /dev/sdD0/data. >> >> I guess you get the problem later on when you are asked (by the Plan 9 >> installer) to "browse" for the distribution (at the copydist stage of the >> installation). At that point, having supplied /dev/sdD0/data as your data >> source before, you have to tell the installer to look in the / directory >> of the image for the distribution to copy. Just type in "/" (without the >> quotes) there. >> >> I think it is acceptable to reiterate that: "Plan 9 does NOT work on >> VPC's current version. Try QEMU instead." I have the latest version of >> VPC for Windows XP x64 and no amount of usual tweaking would make Plan 9 >> work on it. The installation finishes but the installed system will not >> boot past the startup scripts. Yours will probably fail, too. My two >> cents of failure :-) >> >> -- >> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
