Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Philip Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> you either remove the cdrom from the virtual machine or make it to >> emulate scsi. >> if you're iso is more than 2 days old, you'll have to do >> % echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl >> to get vga working well. > I see, well I removed the cdrom. But when installing plan9 I entered ega (or > was it cga?!) in order to not start rio. Maybe I should just run through the > installation process again - which is extremely slow here. VMware is the fastest PC emulator i ever run. > Anyways, text mode now works fine, but when I'm changing /dev/vgactl > with "echo type vesa > /dev/vgactl" and "echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl" only "echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl" should be sufficient > after a reboot the file turns out to be the old one looking like this: > type cga > bland time 30 idle 0 state on > hwaccel on > hwblank off > panning off > addr p 0x0 v 0x0 size 0x0 > > BTW: When I enter "echo type vga > /dev/vgactl" i get > echo: write error: bad VGA control message "type vga". And it seems that > I cannot edit the file with ed. > > Philip Silva > 1. create virtual machine 2. boot from CD 3. if your graphics isn't readable, create with mouse new window and type "echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl" + Enter, "exit" + Enter 4. screen will not refresh immediately, but you can type Enter and prompt will be refreshed 5. go on with installation 6. after that, before you reboot, edit your VMware configuration file (*.vmx) and changeide1:0.present = "TRUE"to false. (I suppose ide1:0 is your cd-rom) 7. save and boot Here is my VMware config file (you could change ethernet connection type to bridge or whatever you use), maybe it helps you: config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "6" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" displayName = "Monty" extendedConfigFile = "Monty.vmxf" guestOS = "other" memsize = "256" numvcpus = "2" nvram = "Monty.nvram" floppy0.present = "FALSE" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "Monty.vmdk" ide0:0.redo = "" ide1:0.present = "FALSE" ide1:0.fileName = "..\plan9.iso" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "16" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:14:4b:0a" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" ethernet0.connectionType = "custom" ethernet0.vnet="VMnet1" tools.remindInstall = "TRUE" tools.upgrade.policy = "manual" logging = "FALSE" uuid.location = "56 4d fe 9e 4d 1f ee a5-09 ec c7 eb 59 da e6 09" uuid.bios = "56 4d 01 b5 ac 72 1c dd-02 da c4 2a 37 14 4b 0a"
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> you either remove the cdrom from the virtual machine or make it to > emulate scsi. > if you're iso is more than 2 days old, you'll have to do > % echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl > to get vga working well. I see, well I removed the cdrom. But when installing plan9 I entered ega (or was it cga?!) in order to not start rio. Maybe I should just run through the installation process again - which is extremely slow here. Anyways, text mode now works fine, but when I'm changing /dev/vgactl with "echo type vesa > /dev/vgactl" and "echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl" after a reboot the file turns out to be the old one looking like this: type cga bland time 30 idle 0 state on hwaccel on hwblank off panning off addr p 0x0 v 0x0 size 0x0 BTW: When I enter "echo type vga > /dev/vgactl" i get echo: write error: bad VGA control message "type vga". And it seems that I cannot edit the file with ed. Philip Silva
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> But now there's a new problem: After installing it and rebooting the > computer, everything seems normal until the message "init: > starting /bin/rc". Nothing happens then although the computer does not > freeze (keyboard input is shown on the screen). you either remove the cdrom from the virtual machine or make it to emulate scsi. if you're iso is more than 2 days old, you'll have to do % echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl to get vga working well. Federico G. Benavento --- /bin/fortune Anyone who understands my music will never be unhappy again. -L. Van Beethoven
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> Remove the CD-ROM drive from your VMware configuration and boot. > > John Thanks a lot! Problem solved... Still weird :-) Philip
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
>> you don't need to increase the size of 9fat, either and you >> don't need a swap partition at all. with 800mb i would partition >> the disk like: >> >> 9fat 20mb >> nvram 512 bytes >> fossil700 mb > Thank you for your help! This worked out... > > But now there's a new problem: After installing it and rebooting the > computer, everything seems normal until the message "init: > starting /bin/rc". Nothing happens then although the computer does not > freeze (keyboard input is shown on the screen). > > Philip Remove the CD-ROM drive from your VMware configuration and boot. John
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> Thank you for your help! This worked out... > > But now there's a new problem: After installing it and rebooting the > computer, everything seems normal until the message "init: > starting /bin/rc". Nothing happens then although the computer does not > freeze (keyboard input is shown on the screen). > > Philip good deal. can you enter commands. if you type "echo hi" does it echo hi? if this is the case, you need to configure vga so you can start rio. - erik
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> you don't need to increase the size of 9fat, either and you > don't need a swap partition at all. with 800mb i would partition > the disk like: > > 9fat 20mb > nvram 512 bytes > fossil700 mb Thank you for your help! This worked out... But now there's a new problem: After installing it and rebooting the computer, everything seems normal until the message "init: starting /bin/rc". Nothing happens then although the computer does not freeze (keyboard input is shown on the screen). Philip
Re: [9fans] Can't install Plan9 on VMWare
> I also made a test doubling each partition's size (exept for nvram) and I > ended up with some error that told me IIRC that for my large disc FAT16 > doesn't work out, so I would have to use FAT32. Trying to increment each > partition lowly (starting from the default size) doesn't help either - > moreover the error can even occur early with larger sizes. BTW the VMWare > image has a size of 800MB (initially the image size was smaller) and the - > default - partition sizes are the following: > 9fat 100 MB > nvram 512 Bytes > fossil 200 MB > swap 100 MB i would imagine 200mb is too small, given the size of the current dist. you don't need to increase the size of 9fat, either and you don't need a swap partition at all. with 800mb i would partition the disk like: 9fat20mb nvram 512 bytes fossil 700 mb the only thing that usually goes in 9fat is the kernel, 9load and plan9.ini. i use a 10mb 9fat, but the kernels i use are 650k compressed. - erik
