Re: [9fans] plan9 on vmware esx

[YAMANASHI Takeshi <9.nashi@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote:
> the installation completed but it is unable to get past fossil
> startup;

Do you have the CD-ROM drive attached to the VM while you boot it?

I remember Plan 9 didn't start when you have an empty CD-ROM drive
connected to the VM on ESX 3.5.  So I removed the CD-ROM drive from VM's
configuration after having installed Plan 9 into the BusLogic SCSI drive.

Anyway, I've been running Plan 9 servers on ESX 3.5 for a year or so.
It is ESX 3.5.0, 153875, not ESXi though.


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On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote:
>> Plan 9 does not work with either of the SCSI controllers in ESX(i) 3.5
>> or less. Plan 9 does run on IDE drives just fine in ESX(i) 4. Plan 9
>> panicks if you give it more than 2 CPUs on any of them. If you have
>> any questions about getting Plan 9 to run in ESX(i) 4, let me know;
>> I've done it. But you won't get it running in <4 without moar drivers.
>>
>> --dho
>
> the installation completed but it is unable to get past fossil
> startup; so you're correct.  unfortunately this is 3.5 installation
> that i have no control over.
>
> i think i'll switch my focus to playing with miller-ware.
>
>
>



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YAMANASHI Takeshi