From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 22:39:32 2010 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67382106566C for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 May 2010 22:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwf-ml@arcor.de) Received: from mail.arcor.net (mail.arcor.net [145.253.32.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E936C8FC17 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 May 2010 22:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw.arcor.net (sunmaildns02.arcor.net [62.213.136.74]) by mail.arcor.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o4RMdTHS020257 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 May 2010 00:39:29 +0200 (MEST) Received: from tkmail.arcor.net (esbanl-1ug-1-p2.arcor.net [62.213.137.69]) by mail-gw.arcor.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o4RMdT8C014925 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 May 2010 00:39:29 +0200 (MEST) Received: from sky.tnd.arcor.net (skynat.arcor.net [10.207.137.131]) by tkmail.arcor.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 18B401DB6 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 May 2010 00:39:29 +0200 (MEST) Received: from [10.128.189.1] (wefapc.tnd.arcor.net [10.128.189.1]) by sky.tnd.arcor.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00AC2F49 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 May 2010 00:39:28 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <4BFEF4A2.2060609@arcor.de> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:39:30 +0200 From: Christoph Weber-Fahr <cwf-ml@arcor.de> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD 7.3 on VMWare ESX 3.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware <freebsd-hardware.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:39:32 -0000 Hello, is there any known way to boot and install FreeBSD 7.3 on VMWare 3.5 or older? I get an immediate VM crash with both amd64 and i386 version the when the kernel probes for an mpt(8). The issue seems to have been known during the 7.3 release process, but apparently nobody fixed it. Any ideas - or has FreeBSD given up on that platform? Regards Christoph Weber-Fahr