Hi,
I am setting up ecos (firstly redboot) under vmware but encountered some
problems. I intend to use only the serial com for debugging etc.
I am using the latest ecos sources, gcc version 3.21 and vmware version 5.0.0.
I set up ecos redboot with the template for i386 pc vmware, imported the
redboot_floppy.ecm, and selected the do not use BootP check box and succesfully
compiled to a *.bin.
I then converted the binary file with dd conv=sync if=redboot.bin
of=redboot.floppy bs=1440k. When I did this to a stiffy and then boot directly
from it, it works correctly, but under vmware when I chose to boot from the
redboot.floppy file it just displays a sequence of never ending dots. The
same result for the pre-built binary on cvs.
My vmware setup is as follows:
I select new virtual machine with custom setup.
Workstation 5 type VM.(legacy).
Guest operating system = other linux.
Recommended memory settings.
Use host only networking.
SCSI adapters - buslogic
Virtual disk type SCSI
I read that all the IDE devices in vmware must be removed, I did this but no
joy.
Any advice? Or should I just try a differant vmware version?
Regards
Hendrik Meiring
Stellenbosch University
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