Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:27:20 -0200 From: "Mauro Ribeiro - Class Consultoria e Assessoria" <spam@mdrjr.net> To: "'Steve Polyack'" <korvus@comcast.net>, <scuba@centroin.com.br> Cc: 'Jeremy Chadwick' <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, 'Todor Genov' <todor.genov@za.verizonbusiness.com>, jhb@FreeBSD.org Subject: RES: FreeBSD 7 and ESXi Message-ID: <20081014210216.C3C2A8FC1A@mx1.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <48F4FCB5.8030102@comcast.net>
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Same Here. ESXi U2 and FreeBSD 7 on AMD64 (Other 64-bits). Working Flawless. Vmware Box Setup: Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 . 2x 1GB DDR2 2x 500GB SATA2 Disks 1x 3COM 100mbit PCI Ethernet 1x HP PCI-Exp Giga Ethernet. No issue by now. -----Mensagem original----- De: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] Em nome de Steve Polyack Enviada em: ter=E7a-feira, 14 de outubro de 2008 18:10 Para: scuba@centroin.com.br Cc: Jeremy Chadwick; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Todor Genov; jhb@FreeBSD.org Assunto: Re: FreeBSD 7 and ESXi scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: > Jeremy, > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > |On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:44:13AM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br = wrote: > |> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > |>=20 > |> |On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:04:07AM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br = wrote: > |> |> Jeremy, > |> |>=20 > |> |> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > |> |>=20 > |> |> |On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:54:26AM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: > |> |> |> I'm facing some problems trying to install a FreeBSD=20 > |> |> |> 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=20 > |> |> |> registers and a message: BTX Halted. No matter what is = changed in VM=20 > |> |> |> setup. > |> |> | > |> |> |Can you please download the 7.1-BETA2 ISO and try it instead? There > |> |> |have been changes to the FreeBSD boot loader between = 7.0-RELEASE and > |> |> |7.1-BETA2 which may improve things for you. The 7.1-BETA2 ISOs = are > |> |> |available here: > |> |>=20 > |> |> The same behavior with 7.1-BETA2. > |> | > |> |I'm not sure what to do at this point, or what to tell you, since = the > |> |kernel can't even load. > |> | > |> |Are you installing this off of CD, and is the CD drive hooked up = to > |> |the PC via ATA/SATA (rather than USB or something else)? > |>=20 > |> It's a bit more complicated, since, for some reason the Vmware=20 > |> client is unable to boot the VM from CD on the host server. It's=20 > |> booting an ISO image on the client machine. > |> I already read something saying that it's a known issue of the=20 > |> ESXi. > |> Without the virtulization layer, the amd64 CD boots without=20 > |> problems in this machine.=20 > | > |Ah, so the truth comes out... :-) > | > |Have you brought this fact up with the VMware folks? They're quite a > |nice bunch, I wouldn't be surprised if they provided a hotfix for you > |for this problem. > > This will be my next step. > I sent here first, once it's a boot loader problem, specific to=20 > 64bits version of Fbsd. I thought someone could faced the same and = came=20 > with a howto to workaround. > > Thank you anyway. :-) > > - Marcelo > > =20 Are you sure that you have chosen Other (64-bit) selected for the Guest=20 OS type? I have never had an issue with using FreeBSD on ESXi. =20 Currently running VMs include 6.3, 7.0, and 7.1-PRE. _______________________________________________ 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" __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3520 (20081014) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3520 (20081014) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20
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