From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 3 9:21:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA85737B404; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scl8owa01.int.exodus.net (scl8out01.exodus.net [66.35.230.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7148243E6A; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:21:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Maksim.Yevmenkin@exodus.net) Received: from scl8owa01.int.exodus.net ([66.35.230.241]) by scl8owa01.int.exodus.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:23:36 -0700 Received: from exodus.net ([206.220.227.147]) by scl8owa01.int.exodus.net over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:23:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3D9C6E7F.5F14059D@exodus.net> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:21:19 -0700 From: Maksim Yevmenkin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Dowse Cc: Garance A Drosihn , Mark Santcroos , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware reads disk on non-sector boundary References: <200210030904.aa81031@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2002 16:23:36.0202 (UTC) FILETIME=[396386A0:01C26AF9] Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ian Dowse wrote: > > In message , Garance A Drosihn writes: > >I also have a partition with freebsd-current from two or three days > >ago, and all the latest versions of the ports. Every time I try to > >start vmware2 on the newer system, the hardware dies. Sometimes it > >automatically reboots, other times it freezes up and I have to > >force-reboot it (sometimes by unplugging it from the wall). > > See the patch I posted in: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+6285+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-emulation/20020908.freebsd-emulation > > There may still be further issues, but it allowed me to use vmware2 > on a current from a week or two ago. you also might try to look at the patch in PR port/41784 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=41784 i'm running vmware2 on my not so -current with the patch. if this is outdated feel free to close the PR. thanks, max To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message