Re: [9fans] Can't find CD-ROM

["Lee Duhem" <lee.duhem@gmail.com>]

Take a look at Qemu Manager: http://www.davereyn.co.uk/about.htm

2008/2/12, Chris Saunders <evas@mountaincable.net>:
> Thanks, I have downloaded but not yet installed QEMU.  I will try this soon.
>
> Regards
> Chris Saunders
>
> "Eris Discordia" <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:op.t6c8ovxgc6yvfe@computer...
> > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:54:20 -0000, Chris Saunders
> > <evas@mountaincable.net> wrote:
> >
> >> As far as I know there is no Open dialog box in Plan9.
> >
> > Not in Plan 9. I thought you might be getting the Virtual PC settings
> > wrong and was referring to the settings on the menu bar on top of your
> > virtual machine window (which belongs to VPC).
> >
> >> I have several times brought the instalation up to
> >> this point and the installer suggests that the install image should be at
> >> /dev/sdD0/data.
> >
> >
> > If you have come this far, it is clear I was wrong. The install image is
> > indeed where the installer suggests, at /dev/sdD0/data.
> >
> > I guess you get the problem later on when you are asked (by the Plan 9
> > installer) to "browse" for the distribution (at the copydist stage of the
> > installation). At that point, having supplied /dev/sdD0/data as your data
> > source before, you have to tell the installer to look in the / directory
> > of the image for the distribution to copy. Just type in "/" (without the
> > quotes) there.
> >
> > I think it is acceptable to reiterate that: "Plan 9 does NOT work on VPC's
> > current version. Try QEMU instead." I have the latest version of VPC for
> > Windows XP x64 and no amount of usual tweaking would make Plan 9 work on
> > it. The installation finishes but the installed system will not boot past
> > the startup scripts. Yours will probably fail, too. My two cents of
> > failure :-)
> >
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