Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:19:43 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware build 438 -> 468, raw disks fail. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002272217370.6213-100000@medusa.kfu.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002272122260.5578-100000@medusa.kfu.com>
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Oh, one more thing... Linux calls this BLKGETSIZE, and the IDE
driver appears to return the number of blocks on the device.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Nick Sayer wrote:
>
> Duh. I don't know how I missed this...
> For every crash, I get one of these:
>
> linux: 'ioctl' fd=12, cmd=1260 ('\^R',96) not implemented
>
> Updated linuxulator, anyone? :-)
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Nick Sayer wrote:
>
> >
> > I tried to move up to build 468 (release candidate 1) of vmware
> > to see if it would get rid of some of the problems my office
> > machine is having. Doing so breaks raw disks. The log shows this:
> >
> > Feb 26 12:19:15: RAWDISK: Linux's calculated capacity of /dev/hda is 16498755 se
> > ctors
> > RAWDISK: smaller than the actual size of the disk (16498755).
> > RAWDISK: /dev/hda will therefore likely not work completelRAWDISK: correctly as
> > a rawdisk with VMware.
> > Feb 26 12:19:15: Caught signal 11 -- pid 2068
> > Feb 26 12:19:15: Dumping core...
> >
> > and the window disappears.
> >
> > The same thing happens if you have a configured raw disk and attempt to
> > enter the configuration editor.
> >
> > It is still the case that the linuxulator appears to get block and char
> > devices backwards. vmware complains that /dev/ad0 is not a raw device,
> > when it actually is. Either vmware really wants a block device and is fibbing
> > or the linuxulator is getting the two mixed up.
> >
> > I will try a virtual disk when I get home to see if that works ok.
> >
> >
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