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Subject: Re: amd64 @ vmware esx 3.5?
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On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:27:02PM +0200, Palle Girgensohn wrote:

> I cannot install FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 on VmWare ESX 3.5. The kernel panics 
> when trying to read the virtual cd-image that I mount in the VmWare client. 
> Did anyone else succeed?

Yes, I successfully installed several 6.3 and 7.0 machines on ESX 3.x
without a problem (amd64 and i386).

Uwe