Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:20:41 +0900 From: "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" <knu@idaemons.org> To: frank@exit.com Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware 2.0 problems. Message-ID: <86hfbngvsm.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> In-Reply-To: In your message of "Wed, 24 May 2000 17:57:33 -0700 (PDT)" <200005250057.RAA06561@realtime.exit.com> References: <200005250057.RAA06561@realtime.exit.com>
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Hi,
At Wed, 24 May 2000 17:57:33 -0700 (PDT),
Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> wrote:
> Has anyone gotten VMware 2.0 to work on a 4.0-stable SCSI system? I've
> beaten my head against this wall again and again and I'm about to give
> up. I _really_ want to run this software, but this is ridiculous.
>
> My VMware configuration:
>
> No IDE.
> SCSI 0:0 Plain Disk, contents:
> DRIVETYPE scsi
> CYLINDERS 1115
> HEADS 255
> SECTORS 63
> ACCESS "/home/frank/vmware/win98/disk.mbr" 0 63
> ACCESS "/dev/da0s1a" 0 6297417
Are you sure you are going to give vmware your root filesystem??
I think you should specify that slice by just /dev/da0s1, with no
trailing disklabel.
> RDONLY "/dev/null" 6297480 11614995
> ...which corresponds to the actual layout of my dual-boot disk.
> I get "Can't open /dev/da0s1a for writing: Invalid argument."
>
> That's the _best_ I get. With other configurations I see vmware crashes.
The message says it all. You got refused to commit write access on
the device just because you didn't have write permission.
You can obtain the permission by chmod'ing and/or chown'ing the device
file as root, or configuring your /etc/fbtab suitably. (The latter is
recommended for security reason)
For details, read the manpage of each keyword.
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