From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 15 14:49:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE5CE106566B for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from thebighonker.lerctr.org (lrosenman-1-pt.tunnel.tserv8.dal1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f0e:3ad::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A62568FC16 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lerctr.org; s=lerami; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Cc:To:From:Subject:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID; bh=ksBnxhdWU7Ux+Kn6MsgDVTtm85RNoqeGK8Kvfxe5wXU=; b=UlIsACFBjZdXUSp9Gdx+yogC0dr7zskGMvj1rP4XWAeoe0kL5RNGf+SJplvDeDocqXAhhrzQTOVo5C3TcevBxfvYUITzoSdxIXF4HyRIy1Pl/qZAtJ3yBFSDOGDy1J9m/4cvL/aNR+pV465lQUvrKQ1bp+7wNaWZbOBhReiJrVM=; Received: from localhost.lerctr.org ([127.0.0.1]:18868 helo=webmail.lerctr.org) by thebighonker.lerctr.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1SUJ3l-000Fcu-Pn; Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:14 -0500 Received: from 32.97.110.60 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ler) by webmail.lerctr.org with HTTP; Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:09 -0500 Message-ID: <2e7007ea2b665b768b186a0df0c8c2a6.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <4FB1F0C2.2080308@ateamsystems.com> References: <4FB1F0C2.2080308@ateamsystems.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:09 -0500 From: "Larry Rosenman" To: "Adam Strohl" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-LERCTR-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-2.9/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-LERCTR-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-2.9/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64: No Boot on VMWare Workstation X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:16 -0000 This is VMWare Workstation 8.0.3 booting off the release ISO. Ideas? On Tue, May 15, 2012 12:59 am, Adam Strohl wrote: > On 5/14/2012 22:18, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> Is there a known issue with 9.0-RELEASE on amd64 VMWare Workstation? > > Since nobody has chimed in I felt I should: > > I use FreeBSD 9.0 routinely under VMWare Workstation without issue (my > current VMWare Workstation version is 8.0.0 which is slightly out of > date, 8.0.3 is available). > >> I tried to build a new VM on my new Lenovo W520 Laptop (Windows 7 >> Pro/64-Bit, 16G ram) and it gets to the Beastie menu, and times out, >> then >> dies. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> What can I provide? > > The version of VMWare Workstation you are running. > >> And, is there an issue with 9 in general, or could I install 8.3 and >> then >> source update it to 9 or 10? > > I build test VMs for 9 and do test upgrades from 6.x, 7.x and 8.x to 9 > using VMWare Workstation on my desktop and laptop without issue. > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893