Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:15:08 -0700 From: mki@mozone.net To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: vmware 3.x + 4.4-(release|stable); howto Message-ID: <20011125211508.C7634@cyclonus.mozone.net>
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Just an fyi, I had one heck of a time trying to load 4.4-release onto
my sony vaio pcg-z505lsk laptop this thanksgiving week(end). After
several hours of trial and error, and not finding any good references
anywhere, I finally had success following these guidelines:
* If using network based (ftp or otherwise) based loading, things seem
okay for the most part
Solution: none
* Trying to load off an iso fails miserably (panic) the moment the os
tries to mount the cdrom, especially if it is an ide device, leading
to some rather frustrating moments...
Solution:
Within vmware
+ configure your drive(s) as emulated scsi devices,
* iirc, you may have to specify drive sizes of < 4 gigs
* you may be able to get it to work fine with it configured for
ide as well
+ configure your cdrom/dvdrom to be an emulated scsi device as well
* you probably want it as target 6
* this step is the most crucial, the cdrom/dvdrom *has* to be scsi
+ set the cdrom/dvdrom to use your 4.4 iso
+ set your floppy drive to use the 4.4 mfsroot/kern (or just boot)
floppy image(s) [if using the two seperate ones, you'll have to
swap the images when the first disk asks you to insert the next disk]
* you may not be able to boot off the cdrom, hence this step
+ proceed with normal setup
Also, there is a very annoying problem with sysinstall within vmware
where it reads twice the number of keystrokes for each keystroke of
the Tab, Spacebar, and Enter keys in particular. If you can bear the
annoyance of having to redo your menus over and over until you can
escape the double keystroke problem, then you'll be set.
Note that this double keystroke problem appears to only happen in
sysinstall (curses/console/vmware incompatibilities?).
Hope this helps...
-mohan
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