From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Aug 7 16:12: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D7CE37BC06; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:12:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny8-37.ix.netcom.com [198.211.17.229]) by smtp6.mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA28386; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:11:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA00344; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:11:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:11:57 -0400 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: Mark Ovens Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? Message-ID: <20000807191157.A318@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <200007271242.IAA16126@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> <20000805150815.C254@parish> <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <20000806014635.A255@parish> <20000806084822.A282@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <20000806164837.A254@parish> <20000806232722.B3251@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <20000807175917.A254@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000807175917.A254@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 05:59:17PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 05:59:17PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > It's a K6-233 (original K6, not a -2 or -3) > > > > > > > > I don't know. I personally don't have experience with new AMD's processors. > > > > Try to update BIOS on motherboard to latest one, and try to compile > > > > kernel without k6_mem.c file (just change it to dummy one with zero length). > > > > > > > > > > That was it! I built a new kernel and now vmware starts :) > > What's exactly? Kernel recompiling with fresh source code, or truncating > > k6_mem file? > > > > Sorry, I meant truncating k6_mem.c. Could I ask you to return back k6_mem.c file, recompile kernel and start again vmware. In the case if vmware will hang, that's mean pretty bad news, and it _should_ be included in readme file. Also if vmware will hang, I like to know what 'sysctl hw.model' said on your box. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message