Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 09:51:26 -0800 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Dmitry Karasik <dmitry@karasik.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware questions Message-ID: <E18Iuj8-00082x-00@roam.psg.com> References: <3DEB8914.DFC12FCA@karasik.eu.org>
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>  - Raw disk type ( neither /dev/ad0 nor /linux/dev/hda ) is not
>    recognized, and vmware refuses to start when one is present.
    #!/bin/sh
    rm /usr/compat/linux/dev/hda
    mknod /usr/compat/linux/dev/hda b 30 0x00010002 randy:wheel
    rm /usr/compat/linux/dev/hdb
    mknod /usr/compat/linux/dev/hdb b 30 0x0001000a randy:wheel
    chown randy:wheel /usr/compat/linux/dev/vmnet1
>  - Boot process from win95 diskette hangs shortly after displaying
>    'Starting Windows...' message
do you have cpu step enabled?  if so, disable
>  - Complaints about inaccessibility of /dev/rtc ( which is
>    nevertheless present in /linux/dev )
it has to be started in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rtc.sh.  but it's hosed
anyway, i killed it.  let freebsd run the clock.
> I tries to start the latest vmware ( version 3.2 ), but even the
> configure script does not work
dream on.  the port of vmware 3 is a promise not fulfilled, and the
people doing it rudely refused an offer of assistance when i actually
had a slot of time to contribute.
randy
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