From owner-freebsd-emulation Sun Dec 5 21: 0:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp7.atl.mindspring.net (smtp7.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.128.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28FCD14DF1 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:00:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2ivea1r.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.40.59]) by smtp7.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA01798; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:00:14 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA02074; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:00:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:00:08 -0500 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: Alex Cc: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware and CDROM was (Re: Linux ioctl not implemented error) Message-ID: <19991206000007.B1918@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <19991204210435.D881@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <199912051018.LAA66515@yedi.iaf.nl> <19991205110930.A469@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <384ACA77.9EFC2391@freenet.co.uk> <384AFF3A.B2773CB7@freenet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <384AFF3A.B2773CB7@freenet.co.uk>; from ak@freenet.co.uk on Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 12:11:38AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 12:11:38AM +0000, Alex wrote: > > OK - there was something wrong with the cpu- and meminfo files that I > had grabbed from a Linux box. Running the fakeprocfs script did it - > the machine powered on! Now there's another problem - virtual disks > aren't working properly. vmware dumps core after displaying the > following message: > > "VMware PANIC: Slave process died" Oh-oh. I never saw a message like this. When you were looked this message, immediately after session start or latter? [ skipped ] >> Dec 05 23:26:33: DISK: OPEN IDE 0:0 /usr/local/vmware/solaris persistent >> Dec 05 23:26:33: Virtual disk /usr/local/vmware/solaris is checkcapable and co nsistent >> Dec 05 23:26:33: DISK: ROOT COWDisk /usr/local/vmware/solaris (866/15/63) > > > Disabling IDE 0:0 seems to help, but what good is a virtual machine > without a hard drive? As I understand you use vmware virtual disk, right? Did you proper create this disk? Because I didn't have any problem with virtual disk. I have very simple proposition, just try to create another disk. > > Vladimir's page says that raw devices are supported, but I refuse to > give it a real device. I tried faking a raw device with vnconfig, but > vmware didn't like it (although the configuration editor let me edit the > faked device). Oh no, don't do such things. When you use raw device it must be a real IDE drive and (probably) block, not character device. > > This is with Soren's ata driver - I haven't tried the old one (yet). It doesn't mean. -- Vladimir Silyaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message