From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 01:12:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE1E106564A for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 01:12:08 +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 14CB08FC14 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 01:12:08 +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=sL/Qc6iAzPm/+oWg5Za9Y7N70/vlQjW4WnNKk03bvW4=; b=prv2RsvgVqGJtw40YYjC1DSx6E2gZwmkxCJ0yzbiLN7K6tFsTOmIhG7+XEPemwR15nZ94dKjHVvRPlw/wwaGeIG1A6WqVFM20LgyBF1ANaWts5YlgE8K0A4L5m0QQwi8e0lkfVA6LLKjtTkQh8Zjis3M7cmIT56CLWuCG6Nf4VE=; Received: from localhost.lerctr.org ([127.0.0.1]:29023 helo=webmail.lerctr.org) by thebighonker.lerctr.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1SUSmb-000KXi-Em; Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:06 -0500 Received: from 72.182.2.131 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ler) by webmail.lerctr.org with HTTP; Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:05 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <2e7007ea2b665b768b186a0df0c8c2a6.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> References: <4FB1F0C2.2080308@ateamsystems.com> <2e7007ea2b665b768b186a0df0c8c2a6.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:05 -0500 From: "Larry Rosenman" To: "Larry Rosenman" 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, Adam Strohl 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: Wed, 16 May 2012 01:12:08 -0000 Ok, I'm just impatient. I let it sit, and it eventually came up. Would it be possible for the next 9.x release to set hw.memtest.tests="0" when we discover we're under a hypervisor to avoid doing the tests? (or default it to 0 in the installer kernel?)? On Tue, May 15, 2012 9:49 am, Larry Rosenman wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- 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