From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 19:07:17 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 78E1916A419 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:07:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E7313C461 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:07:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org ([75.87.219.217]) by hrndva-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20071208190716.IIWA29610.hrndva-omta02.mail.rr.com@corinth.polands.org>; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:07:16 +0000 Received: from email.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB8J7EuG086428; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:07:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 172.16.1.36 (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by email.polands.org with HTTP; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:07:14 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <59262.172.16.1.36.1197140834.squirrel@email.polands.org> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:07:14 -0600 (CST) From: "Doug Poland" To: "Michael Doyle" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal References: <826B7EE2-6D83-498C-A02D-573448359547@cooperationireland.org> <47581997.50805@polands.org> In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/5044/Sat Dec 8 09:11:20 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Doug Poland , 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: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:07:17 -0000 On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:38:31PM +0000, Michael Doyle wrote: > > On 6 Dec 2007, at 15:47, Doug Poland wrote: > >> 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? > > I start a new Virtual Machine, select FreeBSD as the OS, FreeBSD 6 > the specific version (from the VM Ware Fusion menus) > > Then insert a FreeBSD 6.2 install disk in the drive and run through > the setup process. Select use entire disk, no boot manager, .... > install the "Developer" package, no additional packages... the > install runs to completion. > > However, when, after installing the OS, I let the virtual machine > reboot, it hangs after the POST without displaying the FreeBSD > hardware probe messages. No errors, nothing. It doesn't even get as > far as the menu where you select normal, or acpi disabled, etc. > > I downloaded an image created by someone else of a VMWare > Workstation image, and that runs on my Mac under VMWare Fusion, > but I am unable to compile and install VMWare Tools ("make all" > succeeded, but "make install" failed with a file not found error...) > > If you like I can copy/paste those errors in a seperate email. > I don't understand why I cannot create my own bootable VMWare image > though ? > That is strange. For testing, I just built a new VM using, VMWare Fusion v1.0 (51384) Mac OS X 10.5.1 PC-BSD 1.4 All went as expected. VMWare Fusion even survived the OS migration from 10.4 to 10.5. My only suggestions at this point would be... * Try another OS as a guest, see if you get similar results * Re-install VMWare Fusion * Check the VMWare forums for similar issues. * Purchase the latest Fusion version Hope that helps... -- Regards, Doug