Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:50:52 +0200 From: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> To: bsdfsse <bsdfsse@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are there step-by-step VMWare instructions? Message-ID: <20040930205052.GC679@einstein.lab> In-Reply-To: <415BC408.8070200@optonline.net> References: <415B40E0.5030708@optonline.net> <415BC408.8070200@optonline.net>
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On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 04:30:00AM -0400, bsdfsse wrote: > > I tried some more things I read about online, but it still locks up: > > I rebuilt my kernel with "HZ=1200", and that got rid of the "rtc: > 100>kern.hz" messages. > > My /boot/loader.conf needed this: > hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > which changed this message: > ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA no interrupt but good status > to become this message: > ad0: WARNING - WRITE_MUL no interrupt but good status > The machine still hangs when I start the virtual machine. > > As soon as I hit the "Power on" button, FreeBSD nearly freezes. I can > do a few things, but even after I "kill -9" vmware, the machine is still > hosed. > > I really need to get VMWare to work, or else I have to reload Linux (or > Windows). I own VMware 3.2 and 4.5 for both Windows and Linux. > > Each time my machine locks up, it starts running "fsck" in the background. > > Any suggestions? Just one. Do you have ACPI turn on? In this case try turn off it. Read pkg-message of the vmware3 port for more details. -- Marco Trentini mark@remotelab.org http://www.remotelab.org/
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