From owner-freebsd-emulation Sat Aug 5 16:59:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 228D737B77C; Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:59:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny5-27.ix.netcom.com [198.211.17.27]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA26614; Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:59:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA00434; Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:59:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:59:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" Message-Id: <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us> To: marko@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? In-Reply-To: <20000805150815.C254@parish> References: <200007271242.IAA16126@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> <20000805150815.C254@parish> Reply-To: vns@delta.odessa.ua Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote: >I've been following this thread and learnt quite a bit from it, thanks >guys, however I *still* can't get vmware to run :( > >It starts up but as soon as I click the Power On button the vmware >window turns black and the whole machine locks solid (no keyboard or >mouse response, and the desktop clock and xtimer stop) and after ~15 >secs the machine spontaneously reboots (which is a PITA as it fsck's >the disks every time). 1. Checks date of the kernel, linux.ko and vmmon.ko, it should be in descended order. 2. Create new dummy configuration, without any hardware, and try it. It useless, but at least you should see a Phoenix BIOS logo. If it doesn't help, that means you are have incompatible hardware (never heard before about that). -- Regards, Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message