From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 16:03:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB03616A417 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04C513C4D1 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org ([75.87.219.217]) by hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20071206154733.QSWP2633.hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com@corinth.polands.org>; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:47:33 +0000 Received: from omnihp.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB6FlWOa075184; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:47:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Message-ID: <47581997.50805@polands.org> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:47:35 -0600 From: Doug Poland User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071117) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Doyle References: <826B7EE2-6D83-498C-A02D-573448359547@cooperationireland.org> In-Reply-To: <826B7EE2-6D83-498C-A02D-573448359547@cooperationireland.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/5020/Thu Dec 6 00:21:18 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 inside VMWare Fusion ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:03:14 -0000 Michael Doyle wrote: > Has anyone got FreeBSD 6.2 to load as a guest OS in VMWare Fusion on a > new MacBook Pro ? > I have been running 6.2 on an iMac since early betas of VMWare Fusion > If so, could they give me pointers on what I need to do, since I have > tried this and failed. > Could you give some specific error messages? > It's mostly just to see if I can do it - I have a number of "real" > servers running FreeBSD 6 and was looking to make a test-bed platform > inside my laptop for convenience more than anything else. > Virtualized machines are good way to learn/develop/prototype, etc. -- Regards, Doug