Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:59:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC" <lavalamp@stargate.net> To: Reinier Bezuidenhout <rbezuide@oskar.nanoteq.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0009131958490.3935-100000@mercury.hq.sgi.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000913165919.rbezuide@oskar.nanoteq.co.za>
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That's probably my problem. I don't see that mentioned in the handbook. What steps do you need to take to update /boot/kernel ? I'm syncing up to -current again now.. -lava On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Reinier Bezuidenhout wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:59:19 +0200 (SAST) > From: Reinier Bezuidenhout <rbezuide@oskar.nanoteq.co.za> > To: "Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC" > <lavalist@stargate.net> > Cc: current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be? > > Hi .. > > I did a make world with a current from yesterday (12 Sept) > and after remembering to update loader / modules etc. > in /boot/kernel, everything worked ok ... > > Vmware too ... runs without a problem ... > > Bye > Reinier > > > On 13-Sep-00 Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC wrote: > > > > You're running vmware sucsessfully in --current? I sync'd up the last > > time I was in the office (last...Friday?) and the linux emulation package > > refused to build in --current; complaining about an incopatible kernel > > module. In fact, i had to comment out the linux proc file system (from > > the linux emul package in 4.1-release) in the fstab to get into multi-user > > mode. > > > > I'll sync again tonight, poke around some more. > > > > --Brian > > > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > >> Nik Clayton wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi guys, > >> > > >> > For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it > >> > to > >> > be? > >> > > >> > I'm running it quite successfully on a 750MHz PIII w/ 128MB RAM, and the > >> > following disk controller / disk > >> > > >> > atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xfc90-0xfc9f at device > >> > 7.1 on pci0 > >> > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > >> > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > >> > ad0: 17301MB <FUJITSU MHJ2181AT> [35152/16/63] at ata0-master using > >> > UDMA33 > >> > > >> > This is -current from about three weeks ago. It works, but it's a bit > >> > slow. > >> > Applications themselves run at a reasonable speed, but every now and then > >> > (can be as frequent as 10-15 seconds) > >> > >> use only virtual disks and see if it still happens. > >> I found (on vmware 1) that using the raw disks was a recipe for > >> poor performance. Since we don't have block devices any more, > >> we are screwed in this regard. Virtual disks (files) are however > >> buffered and so can sometimes work faster. > >> > >> > > >> -- > >> __--_|\ Julian Elischer > >> / \ julian@elischer.org > >> ( OZ ) World tour 2000 > >> ---> X_.---._/ presently in: Perth > >> v > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ################################################################### > # # > # R.N. Bezuidenhout NetSeq Firewall # > # rbezuide@oskar.nanoteq.co.za http://www.nanoteq.co.za # > # # > ################################################################### > > ---------------------------------- > Date: 13-Sep-00 > Time: 16:57:19 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > Brian A. Seklecki Stargate Industries, LLC Network Operations Center http://www.stargate.net/ The Crane Building, Suite 300 (412) 316-STAR x7719 - voice 40 24th St. (412) 316-7899 - fax Pittsburgh, PA 15222 BSeklecki@Stargate.Net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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