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Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6 and raw disks?
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Josef Karthauser writes:
 > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:58PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
 > > >For the record, I now know why raw disks don't work for FreeBSD 6
 > > >any more.  The code that was put in the linuxlator to gloss over
 > > >the fact that linux drives are block devices, but that we don't
 > > >have block devices any more, was disabled in sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c
 > > >by phk on 15-Mar-05!  I'll try and get it reinstated.
 > > 
 > > do shout if you ever get this working.  i have been carrying two 
 > > laptops, one freebsd and one windoze, for almost two years because of this.
 > > 
 > 
 > I'm definitely on the case with this.  I'll post here when it's fixed.

Does vmware3 on FreeBSD-STABLE work when you're using ACPI?

g.