Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:17:12 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> To: ajay gopalakrishnan <geek.dwells@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware onwindows XP ? Message-ID: <45EAF108.5000507@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <b8c16adc0703040200m5ed43016pad8677b5a3f2fac2@mail.gmail.com> References: <b8c16adc0703020945n6b2f2006v4900273c58358f76@mail.gmail.com> <008101c75cf7$c990b550$0901a8c0@TWEETY> <b8c16adc0703040200m5ed43016pad8677b5a3f2fac2@mail.gmail.com>
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ajay gopalakrishnan skrev: > Hi Greg, > > I am facing with some issues in getting FreeBSD installed on my machine. > I am using Vmware workstation version 5. I am using an evaluation > version of > it. > I downloaded the FreeBSD Release 6.2 from freebsd.org. > I downloaded all the 3 ISO images. cd1 , cd2 and docs . > I did not write these images on the CD but i mounted them directly on > the CD > drive of Vmware. > > I had selected OS Type as Other/FreeBSD at the time of installation. > My basic installation got over properly and smoothly without any pains. > But, i faced an error when i selected some packages for installation and > kde > from the packages list. It said 'Could not load package libiconv-1.9.2_2 > and > gettext... etc'. What could be the issue here? > > Also what mode should i select when installing the network adapter. Which > one should i select. lance/Slip/ppp ? I am using DSL cable internet modem > internet connection and the modem is connected to my computer using an > ethernet. > I set the nics to bridge when I ran this way. > Further, after installation how should i ensure that all the required > kernel > sources are installed? > This is only necessary if you want to build a kernel of your own. If you are satisfied with the kernel shipped with the cds (called GENERIC) there is no need. The handbook at www.freebsd.org is a very good starting point and answers many questions. > Is there any way by which i can install a specific package from from CD and > let the OS determine and install all the dependencies automatically? Is > there any command for this like we have apt-get in debian? > Yes, this is done automagically when you either add the binary package or when you do make install clean in the source code for it. Again, the handbook answers all this. > Thanks, > Ajay. > > On 3/2/07, Greg Larkin <glarkin@sourcehosting.net> wrote: >> >> > >> > Hey all, >> > >> > Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware >> > on windows XP ? >> > I have never tried installiing FreeBSD earlier and i just saw >> > a mail in this >> > mailing list regarding some problems while installing on >> > vmware. Could not >> > make out much. Can someone just elaborate on the issues faced while >> > installing on Vmware. >> > >> > Regards, >> > ajay. >> >> Hi Ajay, >> >> I wrote in to the list a little while back about VMware installation >> problems that I had with FreeBSD 6.2, but the issue was completely >> related to the CPU architecture (Via C3 Nehemiah) that I was using. >> VMware doesn't officially support that processor, even though it's >> supposed to be Intel compatible. Another list member sent me a kernel >> patch that fixed the problem (thanks ghozzy). >> >> I also have a WinXP box with a Celeron processor in it and VMware >> Server installed, and FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x both install and run with no >> problems at all. >> >> If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll try to answer >> them. I'm going to be learning a lot more about VMware Server and >> FreeBSD in the coming months, as I'm working on redeploying my >> company's service using those tools as the foundation. I hope to >> share that knowledge with the list as I proceed. >> >> I also found this thread >> (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-October/132 >> 716.html) with some information in it about issues to be aware of >> while running FreeBSD as a guest OS under VMware. Follow the thread a >> little way, and you'll see an example kernel config file, too. >> >> Best of luck, >> Greg Larkin >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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