From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] VMs and current plan9.iso
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:46:54 -0500
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> the nice thing about scsi emulation mode... is it doesn't get nearly  
> as far as any of the other options:

I don't believe SCSI emulation is enough.
If there is no CD in the drive, you have to 
*delete* it from the VM config in order for
Plan 9 not to hang on boot.  Clearly Plan 9 
and VMware disagree about what an empty
CD drive looks like.

Russ