From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 05:09:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC34B1065690 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 668BB8FC15 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9E59J0e068621; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:09:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20081014000559.02591d80@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:09:06 -0500 To: scuba@centroin.com.br, Todor Genov From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20081014003842.K46975@trex.centroin.com.br> References: <20080909154356.D66065@trex.centroin.com.br> <48C6FBCC.20603@za.verizonbusiness.com> <20081014003842.K46975@trex.centroin.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 081013-0, 10/13/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94-exp/8419/Mon Oct 13 21:08:23 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m9E59J0e068621 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 and ESXi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:09:27 -0000 At 10:54 PM 10/13/2008, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: >Hi all, > > I'm facing some problems trying to install a FreeBSD >7.0-RELEASE-amd64, on a Dell PE 2950III, dual Xeon Quad core, 8GB RAM. > After (FBSD) boot menu count down, it shows a dump of the CPU >registers and a message: BTX Halted. No matter what is changed in VM >setup. > It does not happen with i386 version. > Which is the best release to install in this box? Should I go >ahead with i386? > >Thank you, > >- Marcelo I have multiple VM's running the i386 version under ESXi. I think you need to examine what purpose you are running the FreeBSD VM, and then choose what version to run. The amd64 64-bit version can address more resources, but if you are not going to dedicate those resources in excess of 32-bit to the VM, you don't need to run the 64-bit version. Also there are a lot less ports in the 64-bit version. -Derek >On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Todor Genov wrote: > >|I have ran FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0 in ESXi and haven't bumped into any >|problems so far. >| >| When they say "supported" they are referring to service level >|agreements and technical support should something go wrong, so if you >|plan to use this in a production environment you need to do some prior >|testing on your own. >| >|Regards, >| >|Todor Genov >|Systems Operations >| >|Verizon Business South Africa (Pty) Ltd >| >|todor.genov@za.verizonbusiness.com >|Tel: +27 11 235 6500 >|Fax: 086 692 0543 >| >| >| >|scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: >|> HI all, >|> >|> I'm planning to virtualize a FreeBSD server on a Dell PowerEdge with >|> embedded hipervisor VMware ESXi 3.5. >|> Fbsd isn't listed as supported as guest OS for ESX(i), since version >|> 4.x. >|> Is there any report about problems or impossibility doing that? >|> >|> >|> - Marcelo >|> >|> _______________________________________________ >|> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >|> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >|> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >|> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >|_______________________________________________ >|freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >|http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >|To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >| > > >- Marcelo > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.