[OmniOS-discuss] Problem installing omniOS in vmware fusion

[Peter Baer Galvin]

Thanks Theo. Fusion only allows you to add a floppy disk image, not a
device. I¹ll try virtualbox...


On 4/13/12 5:38 PM, "Theo Schlossnagle" <jesus at omniti.com> wrote:

> 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 I¹d give it a try.
>> 
>> After selecting language et al, I get the GUI install screen after selecting
>> ³1² to install.
>> I hit esc-2 and immediately the GUI crashes and I¹m back at selecting ³1² to
>> install.
>> 
>> Looks like OmniOS needs /dev/rdiskette0 and that it doesn¹t exist in vmware
>> fusion... from the install log:
>> OSError: [Errno 6] No such device or address: Œ/dev/rdiskette0¹
>> 
>> --Peter 
>> 
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