Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:34:23 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10201280129490.18159-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020127233016E.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Makoto Matsushita wrote: > > andrsn> I used the RC1 cdboot to install FreeBSD in vmware on my ASUS > andrsn> Thunder K7 running win2k. It worked fine although it was very > andrsn> slow to boot (even after recompiling the kernel, it's slow). > andrsn> Slow is 20 or 30 minutes....I have no clue about why this is > andrsn> the case, but I assume once installed, it doesn't matter how > andrsn> it got there. > > (I suppose your VMware's version is 3.0) > > What's happen if you change your VMware's BIOS configuration, to > disable DMA disk access? > I looked at the VMWare BIOS and it seems to have no option for disabling DMA access. However it was VMWare version 2, no longer boots, and I can't seem to repeat the reinstalling trick (although I did it twice); so guess I'll try VMWare 3. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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