From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Apr 6 05:38:56 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE1FBF8183D for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 05:38:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBE985C06 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 05:38:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 442C3F8183C; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 05:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31AEFF8183B for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 05:38:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF64D85C04; Fri, 6 Apr 2018 05:38:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w365cpw6001166; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 22:38:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w365cpRY001165; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 22:38:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201804060538.w365cpRY001165@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: failing to install 11.1R on VMWare In-Reply-To: <20180405233547.000061b5@FreeBSD.org> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 22:38:51 -0700 (PDT) CC: current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 05:38:57 -0000 > Hi, > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on : > VMWare ESXi, 6.0.0, 5050593 > > Guest OS: FreeBSD (64-bit) > Compatibility: ESXi 6.0 and later (VM version 11) > > For 11.1R I'm getting the boot menu, then: > /boot/kernel/kernel text=014972f8 > elf64_loadimage: read failed > can't load file: '/boot/kernel/kernel': input/output error > ... > (for 10.4R similar just with a different address). > > SCSI Adapatr for the VM is set to LSI Logic (but I've tried with the > other available options with the same result). > > VMWare docs list both 10 and 11 as being compatible with this version > of ESXi. > Any pointers to get through this will be greatly appreciated, I didn't > found anything on the net, and I need a sane system to play with when > I'm getting tired of the ton of Linux distros I'm forced to use. Try setting the BIOS emulation to BIOS instead of UEFI. And what image are you trying to boot from? Are you trying to boot from a cd attached via vsphere client? or is it a file on the server? I usually use a .ISO when working with ESXi and FreeBSD as a guest. I run these guest on ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 6.5, I do not have any 6.0.0. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org