Problems booting Minix

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by andyeb, May 25, 2006.

  1. andyeb

    andyeb Bit poster

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    I recently decided to try out the latest version of Minix in Parallels Desktop.

    However the networking appears to be broken, despite the fact that I have selected the correct network chip in the setup process. I get the following message during the brief bootup process:

    "Starting services: random dp8390 inetosdep_eth_init: no ethernet device at task=35587,port=0
    eth_set_rec_conf: waiting for device to appear
    eth_ioctl: suspending NWIOGETHSTAT ioctl"

    (the last line gets repeated a few times at different locations.


    I also cannot get X Windows to start:

    - when I type the "xdm" command, the hard disk light flashes away for a few seconds and then nothing.


    I have been able to reproduce these problems using Parallels Workstation under Windows.

    If anyone is interested in trying this out and helping me look into it, you can download Minix 3 for free from http://www.minix3.org.

    thanks,

    Andy

    PS. Apparently it all works under VMWare under Windows :(
     

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