Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 under vmware

["Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>]

> Where would I enter these settings?
> I haven't figured out how to use the plan9.ini to configure the
> installation yet... Do those things go in ISO_ROOT/plan9.ini ?

It should ask you during boot.  If you're not getting
that far, then the problem is earlier.  What goes on
in termrc (after the init: print) is:

	- fdisk of /dev/sd*/data
	- mount floppy drive and write some files
	- start aux/vmware
	- configure loopback device
	- ask about dma mode, vga, etc.

In the ^T^Tp listings, if you see fdisk running,
then you're in that first one.  If you see dossrv
running, then you at least started the second.
If you see vmware running, then you at least started
the third.  It's hard to believe the fourth would
hang, and you'd see the fifth.

My bet would be that aux/vmware is hanging.

> In that case, I guess the easiest solution is to unpack the iso, add
> the correct file, and then repack it.  Or could I put that file on a
> floppy disc/image and have the installer find it there?

You can't actually unpack the ISO and repack it, unless
you do so under Plan 9.  The CD contains Plan 9 extensions
to ISO9660 that hold the Plan 9 metadata (long names, uid,
gid, mode).  If you lose these, installing probably won't work
so well.

Russ