[OmniOS-discuss] Problem installing omniOS in vmware fusion

[Theo Schlossnagle]

There is a known issue with VMware fusion.  Virtualbox works fine,
if you've got a copy of that.

Can you try adding a virtual floppy during install?

We pulled a very decent version of caiman and it seems a bit finicky.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Peter Baer Galvin <peter at galvin.info>wrote:

>  Heard about OmniOS from watching the videos from the Dtrace Conference,
> sounded cool thought I’d give it a try.
>
> After selecting language et al, I get the GUI install screen after
> selecting “1” to install.
> I hit esc-2 and immediately the GUI crashes and I’m back at selecting “1”
> to install.
>
> Looks like OmniOS needs /dev/rdiskette0 and that it doesn’t exist in
> vmware fusion... from the install log:
> OSError: [Errno 6] No such device or address: ‘/dev/rdiskette0’
>
> --Peter
>
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