On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 1:32 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> This seems to be a regular question, but there is very little to no >> useful or current information available, so I will ask again in hopes >> that something has changed. > > i think there's a disconnect here. that is, i don't really understand the > question. so what would an acceptable answer look like? > are you looking for a compendium of differences, or something else?
Sorry about the confusion. I was looking for any current information on how to successfully install 9atom on vmware. What I've found via google is very sparse and not recent. From what I am able to gather, it sounds like the vmware ATA hardware emulation is severely lacking and doesn't agree with what's in 9atom's sdata.c. It's a starting point, though. Does that help? >> > Has anyone been able to install 9atom on any version of VMware >> > Workstation? If so, would you please share the settings you used to >> > get it working. I am trying to setup a go dev environment and need >> > 9atom for python 2.7. > > sorry about that. the last time i messed with vmware, ended up being > a large waste of time because vmware networking didn't do what i needed. I understand why you'd see vmware as a waste of time. It is indeed problematic on a few fronts. > i'm happy to accept any patches or look at any specific failures. As soon as I get my plan9 dev environment back up and running, I will be happy to do some poking around to see what I can discover. If I find anything useful, I will send along patches. If I have questions about specific failures, I'll let you know. Thanks for being willing to field questions. >> 9front might work in VMWare. It has python and mercurial installed and >> go works pretty well on it. You could try that too. > > as far as i know, due to ape changes, 9atom is the only python 2.7 option. > jeff, do you have a document outlining how to bootstrap python 2.7? That was my understanding. -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson
