[9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs on boot

[9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs on boot

[Alberto Cortes]

Hi.

I have tried with the vmware.zip disk image from plan9 page. I have
also install a plan9 from scratch from a 3 ed. CD and a 4 ed. CD.

It always hangs at:

MBR...PBS...[foo]
ELCR: 0E00
apm ax=[foo]
dev A0 port[foo]
dev A0 port[foo]
<--- hangs

Also tried the CDROM legacy trick...

note i am in Windows XP.

TIA.


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Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs on boot

[Russ Cox]

try removing the cd drive entirely, or
at least disconnecting it on startup.

russ

Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs on boot

[Alberto Cortes]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:39:04 +0000, Russ Cox wrote:
> try removing the cd drive entirely, or
> at least disconnecting it on startup.

I removed it from the vmware settings, but it did not solve the
problem.

Tomorrow i will try to disable the CDROM on the vmware BIOS, but 
any other ideas will be appreciated.

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Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs on boot

[Tiit Lankots]

> try removing the cd drive entirely, or
> at least disconnecting it on startup.

Do you know, why it helps? (Just curious.)

Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs onboot

[boyd, rounin]

> Do you know, why it helps? (Just curious.)

boot device search sequence?

Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs onboot

[Tiit Lankots]

>> Do you know, why it helps? (Just curious.)
>
> boot device search sequence?
>

9load stalls somewhere collecting partitions. Booting
 from CD goes just fine, the problem surfaces only when
booting from HD and there is also a CD drive.

Re: [9fans] plan9 on VMware 4.5.2 build 8848 on Windows XP hangs onboot

[Alberto Cortes]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:33:56 +0000, Tiit Lankots wrote:
> 9load stalls somewhere collecting partitions. Booting
> from CD goes just fine, the problem surfaces only when
> booting from HD and there is also a CD drive.

Yes, that is exactly my problem.

The kernel from the CD can be used to boot, just:

[1. Boot Plan9 from this CD] option on the CD's plan9.ini 

but it can't not mount the root filesystem from the HD, only the
read-only fs from the CD, so i can not get a "fully" working system.


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