Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

I'm 1300 km aways from the server, incidentally. the not-so-virtual virtual machine? No, the physical hardware, co-hosted in Cape Town. Changing the underlying virtualiser would be quite a mission from my current location. I am going to upload an atom ISO image, though, if you (Erik) point

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

No, the physical hardware, co-hosted in Cape Town. Changing the underlying virtualiser would be quite a mission from my current location. I am going to upload an atom ISO image, though, if you (Erik) point me to the smallest, recent version you have handy :-)

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

http://ftp.quanstro.net/other/9atom.iso.bz2. Thank you, I'll give it a try sometimes later, let you know what I discover... ++L

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

On Sat Aug 18 10:30:53 EDT 2012, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: http://ftp.quanstro.net/other/9atom.iso.bz2. Thank you, I'll give it a try sometimes later, let you know what I discover... please use http, as ftp seems to have an issue that can cause connection hangs, especially with os-x. i

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

please use http, as ftp seems to have an issue that can cause connection hangs, especially with os-x. No problem, although I'm likely to do this from a Plan 9 terminal or CPU server. Although I presume fcp(1) isn't an option? i believe i've found and fixed the problem with tcp, but it's

[9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

I haven't checked all possibilities, but perhaps someone here has a quick fix. I'm trying to boot a Plan 9 ISO image from a few weeks back (date indeterminate, right now) under VMware ESXi, but it seems to jam at the PBSR...I prompt (text cursor on the following line). I tried both the primary

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

On Friday, 17 August 2012 20:30:47 UTC+10, Lucio De Re wrote: I haven't checked all possibilities, but perhaps someone here has a quick fix. I'm trying to boot a Plan 9 ISO image from a few weeks back (date indeterminate, right now) under VMware ESXi, but it seems to jam at the

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

I suggest not using VMware for the installation, but Virtual Box https://www.virtualbox.org/ instead; I've had no issues with installation, and it can be configured quickly. You missed the bit about being 1400 km from the host :-) I'm not sure about SCSI disk errors that seem to be popping up;

Re: [9fans] Release CD-ROM won't boot

I'm 1300 km aways from the server, incidentally. the not-so-virtual virtual machine? - erik