From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 10:00:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E674E16A400 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geek.dwells@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.239]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A240613C442 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geek.dwells@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 55so1835386wri for ; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:00:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=kyT668QGJq+o1XKMf1IKAwopddXfc9W24/bd2zUY916rqvmrI49arfIWXqSpKGN1zrfbVk9ya1UoIK7BhwznvbHP3Geh6K89pDfR9Y2LscaQb/0ZqlktCFUpn9sT1yFwFpGri2VBkVnzFyKHIkXI3AQ5Wmo4KBhmMAZy82xqrhc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=NDvh1OEBjTjdltHQVKo2AI+ENrzpaB2NeQfa1nh3rzWPQYzjd8pD1SqCLQ0C2yXa7/mm875PpWT+rDFy4PbuHk5vUzhDbzInM7cGR4KBlhjMegIMEI8bVji+R06wNZleb0vYDagTHIfFZDW99Xv0te14Biue1EDyoMJ6DpHDS4g= Received: by 10.115.61.1 with SMTP id o1mr881918wak.1173002417282; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:00:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.17.9 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 02:00:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 15:30:17 +0530 From: "ajay gopalakrishnan" To: glarkin@sourcehosting.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <008101c75cf7$c990b550$0901a8c0@TWEETY> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <008101c75cf7$c990b550$0901a8c0@TWEETY> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware onwindows XP ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00:19 -0000 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. Further, after installation how should i ensure that all the required kernel sources are installed? 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? Thanks, Ajay. On 3/2/07, Greg Larkin 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 > > > >