Hi!

I am not sure, and my reply can be stupid ...

Try to disconect the CD-Rom in vmware, and boot plan9

slds.


> Hi 9fans!
>
> I downloaded the ISO image dated 18 Sep 2008. The live CD worked
> beautifully,
> so I decided to install under VMWare Workstation 6. Well done to the guys
> who
> did the new(ish?) installer, IMHO it's a big improvement over the old one.
>
> Anyway, after installing and rebooting, the kernel gets as far as running
> init, which prints out
>
> init: starting /bin/rc
>
> and then hangs. I've taken a look at /sys/src/cmd/init.c and found that
> this line gets printed from the following code near the bottom of main:
>
> for(;{
> print("\ninit: starting /bin/rc\n");
> fexec(rcexec);
> manual = 1;
> cmd = 0;
> sleep(1000);
> }
>
> What could have gone wrong? If exec had failed, an error message would
> have
> been printed. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps /bin/rc is an
> invalid image.
>
> Is there a core dump file I can examine to find out what's going wrong?
> I'm
> a noob, so please, put away the lighter and help me out
>
> TIA,
> Ralph
>
>
>


--
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http://www.kix.es/
EA4ERH (@IN80ER)

>> What could have gone wrong? If exec had failed, an error message would
>> have
>> been printed. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps /bin/rc is an
>> invalid image.
>>
>> Is there a core dump file I can examine to find out what's going wrong?
>> I'm
>> a noob, so please, put away the lighter and help me out

a command in cpurc or termrc is not completing.

- erik

erik quanstrom quanstro.net> writes:

> >> What could have gone wrong? If exec had failed, an error message would
> >> have
> >> been printed. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps /bin/rc is an
> >> invalid image.
> >>
> >> Is there a core dump file I can examine to find out what's going wrong?
> >> I'm
> >> a noob, so please, put away the lighter and help me out
>
> a command in cpurc or termrc is not completing.

Thanks Eric. Now I need to try to find the errant code, but I can't connect a
debugger at this point. What else can I do to diagnose the problem?

--
Ralph

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 13:46 +0200, Rodolfo kix GarcÃ*a wrote:
> Try to disconect the CD-Rom in vmware, and boot plan9
>
That was my thought too.

While on the subject, anybody tried to install on a Free ESXi server?
My attempts fall apart as early as 9load. The IDE line is printed, then
nothing happens.
--
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Rodolfo kix GarcÃ*a kix.es> writes:

> Hi!
>
> I am not sure, and my reply can be stupid ...
>
> Try to disconect the CD-Rom in vmware, and boot plan9

Hi Rodolfo,

I tried this but init still hangs...

I'd like to try Eric's patch, but I need a little hand-holding. What are the
steps to mount my fossil partition, apply the patch, compile and install?

TAL,
Ralph

On Sep 23, 7:38*am, ralmor...@gmail.com (Ralph Moritz) wrote:
> Rodolfo kix García * kix.es> writes:
>
> > Hi!
>
> > I am not sure, and my reply can be stupid ...
>
> > Try to disconect the CD-Rom in vmware, and bootplan9
>
> Hi Rodolfo,
>
> I tried this but init still hangs...
>
> I'd like to try Eric's patch, but I need a little hand-holding. What are the
> steps to mount my fossil partition, apply the patch, compile and install?
>
> TAL,
> Ralph

Hello all,

I left a hung install shut off in VMWare Server for 1 week and came
back to it and it booted up. I am in the process of trying to repeat
this finding. But, my thoughts are that it has something to do with
file timestamps. Could that possibly ring a bell for anyone? I was
also led to thinking it had something to do with the xga startup. I
was thinking that after installation and reboot, if I boot from CD and
remount the fossil partition then I could see what else in the boot
sequence could be occurring. .... or, I'll just shut up and wait to
hear what you guys figure out....

Roderick