From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] failed to bootup from plan partition using VMWare4.0.5 build 6030
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:38:45 GMT."
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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:40:25 -0500
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> Hi there,
>
> I just downloaded plan9.iso and try to install them with VMWare4.0.5
> on my pc with WindowsXP Professional. The installation process went on
> smoothly. I only has one NTFS partition so I choose boot from plan9.
> And I install mbr in my first virtual hard drive. the following are
> some choices i made during installation:
>
> sdC0 - VMWare Virtual IDE Hard Drive
> sdD0 - NECVMWareVMWare IDE CDR101.00
>
> Disk to partition: sdC0
>
> Install mbr: y
> ......
> choose "boot from plan9"
>
> After restarting vm, plan9 hangs during boot, only show the following:
> ELCR: 0E00
> apm ax=3Df000 cx=3Df000 dx=3D40 di=3Dffff ebx=3D5a43 esi=3D-1
> dev A0 port 1F0 config 427A capabilities 2F00 mwdma 0007 udma 0207
> dev A0 port 170 config 85C4 capabilities 0F00 mwdma 0007 udma 0207
>
> If I connect to iso image before restart, I can still start from CD
> image.
>
> Any suggestions?

make sure your virtual cd-rom drive is in "legacy mode" in the
configuration.  or disable it entirely.