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From: Don Bailey <don.bailey@gma...>
Subject: Re: RE : [9fans] hang on boot w/ VMware
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:33:07 -0600

> to get vmware workstation 5.5.1 (windows, don't knowth the build), I
> just needed to set the cdrom to scsi emulation and to do echo hwaccel
> off > /dev/vgactl with that it works fine here.
> 

I knew about the hwaccel bug, but the CDROM issue seemed to be
what hindered my progress. Now, plan9 loads just fine. I wonder
why this SCSI issue doesn't cause a problem on my desktop.

Thanks!

Don "north" Bailey