From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Failure to bootup after installation. Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:33:44 -0700 From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> In-Reply-To: <37b6f3360708061002t633173aaja38d2b192aeb7152@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9f3691ea-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 i'm not 100% certain, but if you see 'init:...' it is passed the bootstrap where the 'Legacy CD' setting would be a problem. it sounds like it is waiting on somehting like ipconfig. i'm guessing (wag) the nic for that vm is bridged but perhaps no dhcp server. > Try changing the CD drive type to be SCSI instead of IDE in VMware. > > On 8/6/07, fouRmi wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> I've succeed in installing Plan 9 on VMWare Workstation. It tells that >> "You can power off your computer freely...", and I did, fter i made >> Plan 9 active. But when i disconnected the CD-ROM and resetted the >> VMWare Station, it halted after it reached ""init: starting /bin/rc". >> What should i do next? Are there any mistakes possible during the >> process of the installation or the bootup? >> >> PS: I can boot up the VMWare normally with the same Live CD. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards. >> Orlando Sun >> > > > > -- > Mahmoud AlGammal > http://blog.gammal.org/