From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 19:15:08 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 D36F816A418 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@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 938B613C44B for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org ([75.87.219.217]) by hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20071208190010.LJUY2633.hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com@corinth.polands.org>; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:00:10 +0000 Received: from ammon.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB8J09Cj086407; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:00:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ammon.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB8J09Bk005175; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:00:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@ammon.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lB8J0906005174; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:00:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:00:09 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Michael Doyle Message-ID: <20071208190000.GA5092@polands.org> References: <826B7EE2-6D83-498C-A02D-573448359547@cooperationireland.org> <47581997.50805@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 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 19:15:08 -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 as > 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 mirgration 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. * Purchage the latest Fusion version Hope that helps... -- Regards, Doug