From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Panic when booting for setup From: "Russ Cox" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:37:16 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d58c7578-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > I've got the ISO-image of the actual Plan9 release from the Plan9 > homepage and now tried to install it under VMware (Linux 2.4.18). > Therefore I configured VMware to use the ISOimage as CD-ROM drive, > mounted the image as loop device and configured VMware to use > 'bootdisk.img' from the CD's root as floppy disk. In VMware's 'BIOS' I Boot the CD directly instead. > switched Floppy A: to '2.88MB 3 1/2"', but when booting I get the > following message: > > ,---------------------------------------------------. > | PBS...Plan 9 from Bell Labs | > | ELCR: 0200 | > | apm ax=f000 cx=f000 dx=40 di=ffff ebx=4c72 esi=-1 | > | FLAGS=246 TRAP=e ECODE=2 PC=80029ddc | > | x, nmiesc=0x80311000 | > | SI 00cef000 DI 81000000 BP 80311000 | > | CS 0010 DS 0008 ES 0008 FS 0008 GS 0008 | > | CR0 80000011 CR2 81000000 CR3 0000c000 | > | panic: exception/interrupt 14 | > `---------------------------------------------------' VMware does not boot 2.88MB floppy images from the floppy drive. 2.88MB images only boot as part of a CD boot. > Is there any way to install this nice OS or can anybody say, what's the > reason for this message? Sure, go to the additional software page and download the preinstalled VMware disk images. Russ