From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Aug 7 9:59:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C043E37BA4C for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:59:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.87.209]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000807165936.MVAT26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:59:36 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA00882; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:59:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:59:17 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? Message-ID: <20000807175917.A254@parish> References: <200007271242.IAA16126@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> <20000805150815.C254@parish> <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <20000806014635.A255@parish> <20000806084822.A282@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <20000806164837.A254@parish> <20000806232722.B3251@jupiter.delta.ny.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000806232722.B3251@jupiter.delta.ny.us>; from vsilyaev@mindspring.com on Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 11:27:23PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 11:27:23PM -0400, Vladimir N. Silyaev wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 04:48:38PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > It's a K6-233 (original K6, not a -2 or -3) > > > > > > I don't know. I personally don't have experience with new AMD's processors. > > > Try to update BIOS on motherboard to latest one, and try to compile > > > kernel without k6_mem.c file (just change it to dummy one with zero length). > > > > > > > That was it! I built a new kernel and now vmware starts :) > What's exactly? Kernel recompiling with fresh source code, or truncating > k6_mem file? > Sorry, I meant truncating k6_mem.c. > > I am > > running my "real" Win95 and it goes through a lot of "New Hardware > > Detected" messages but hangs when it detects the PCI Bus. I can boot > > it in Safe Mode though. > You should load in Safe Mode, and create new hardware profile. At other > case you can easily broke you "real" configuration. > Yes, I found that out the hard way :) I had to re-install my video drivers when I booted W95 normally. > -- > Vladimir > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message