i noticed the scsi h/a too. the only option for disk is ide; i've deleted all the nonessential devices.
fyi, i tried it on another older config; it boots on a vm that's running on an xp based vmware workstation 4; so it probably has something to do with that controller. nitpicking: on CD boot i get the following on the console (messes up rio) until i kill fs or cat /dev/kprint in a window: upas/fs: wridxfile: '/mail/box/glenda/mbox.idx' no creates gnot Dec 13 04:02:44 glenda.130: wridxfile: '/mail/box/glenda/mbox.idx' no creates On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 4:06 PM, erik quanstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun Dec 12 18:15:48 EST 2010, [email protected] wrote: > >> has anyone tried 9atom on vmware player recently? >> >> on a win7 installation with vmware player 3.1.3 (latest), install from >> CD hangs after accepting the monitor type response. attached is the >> screenshot of the CD debug boot option. > > skip, is there an option to present the host with an ide controller? > if so, does that work? > > - erik > >
