On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:55:43 PDT "ron minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to get plan 9 to boot in AMDs simnow as part of tracking a
> weird problem.
>
> There's some weird issue between simnow and 9load.
>
> Here is what happens, on floppy or iso:
> initial probe, to find plan9.ini...
>
> I then see 661,504 reads (in the case of the ISO) or few number of
> reads (in the case of floppy)
> and then it just hangs, then finally gets exception 6.
...
> I'm confused, I'm going to try pointing it at the real ide drive next,
> but suggestions are welcome.
>
> Well, besides, 'Give up now", that is.
Depending on what you are trying to do qemu-system-x86_64 may
be an option. That is what I have been using for a while now.