VMWare disk not working

Submitted by brill on Sat, 02/26/2005 - 21:02.

I'm trying to run the latest source bundle in VMWare. Got everything compiled just fine, but the VMWare (plain) disk created during build doesn't seem to be recognized by VMWare Workstation 4.5.2.

Whats the best way to get a disk image that will work in 4.5.2, or even better, boot right from the source build?

- Brill

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vmware 4

Submitted by admin on Sun, 02/27/2005 - 07:53.

The bootdisk image only works on vmware 3, since vmware has an undocumented disk format since vmware 4.

Try booting from the iso image instead.

Ewout

ISO Image gets a Halt condition

Submitted by brill on Sun, 02/27/2005 - 14:40.

Tried that but I get a halt condition (Processor has PSE Support. Halt...).

I cam make an ISO image using a great open source burner called CDBurnerXP Pro 3 (http://www.cdburnerxp.se/). How do I make the ISO image bootable?

CDBurnerXP does have the option, but only comes with a Dos boot image.

CPU?

Submitted by admin on Sun, 02/27/2005 - 18:18.

What processor do you have?

Ewout

My processor is...

Submitted by brill on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 02:50.

I'm trying to run it in VMWare, but my processor is a VIA Nehemiah 1GHz. it the V board... I'll also want to run JNode on an M board as well (planning to see if I can use it for a media center, which will mean writing drivers for my PVR card).

Does anyone have a floppy boot image they can post to the download area?

Unsupported processor

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 07:31.

Hi,

This cpu has no Page Size Extension feature (4Mb pages).
Since JNode needs this, this cpu will not work.

I'll fixed the message, because that is a bit strange.

Ewout

Boot Image

Submitted by brill on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 14:54.

Oh, is there a boot image i can doanload for making bootable ISOs?

Download or Build

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 15:00.

Download the latest released ISO image, or build from cvs by:

build.bat/sh cd-x86

Do any VIA processors work?

Submitted by brill on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 14:51.

Do any of the VIA processors work? I'm really hoping the M will.
Are there plans to support non-PSE processors?

As JNode matures, I really see it as a good OS for embedded systsms and kiosks...

BTW - the error says that it "has PSE support" which I assume is incorrect.

VIA cpu's

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 14:54.

Check the datasheet of this processor and check the PSE feature flag (see CPUID values). I looks like the C3-M does support it.

There are currently no plans to support non-PSE feature cpu's.

Ewout