From owner-freebsd-emulation Sat Dec 18 19:43:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from nic-31-c23-178.mn.mediaone.net (nic-31-c23-178.mn.mediaone.net [24.31.23.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0C414D7C for ; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:43:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jstock@winterzone.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nic-31-c23-178.mn.mediaone.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA66147; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:42:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jstock@winterzone.com) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:42:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeremy L. Stock" X-Sender: jstock@nic-31-c23-178.mn.mediaone.net To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Devin Butterfield Subject: Re: VMware: Questions... In-Reply-To: <19991218204438.A706@jupiter.delta.ny.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Vladimir N. Silyaev wrote: > > I have just recently installed VMware and have stumbled on a several > > problems: > > > 1. The virtual machine refuses to boot windoze boot floppies (my win95 > > cdrom is not bootable). I tried 4 or 5 different floppies I had laying > > around and every time during the boot, the virtual machine appears to > > freeze right before you would expect the dos prompt to appear. As a > > result of this I had to build a virtual disk with windows on a linux box > > and ftp it over to my bsd box (vmware under linux does not have any > > problem with the boot floppies). > This is a strange. I have big experience with boot MS DOS 7.X (Windows 9X) > floppies, and never encounter the any problem. Try to press Shift-F8 and > trace the loading process. > > > 2. When running VMware I see many messages saying: "linux: syscall > > setresuid is obsoleted or not implemented (pid=255)" going to the > > console. > I think you were ran vmware not from root? > And it's a completely true, the setresuid syscall not implemented in > linux emulator. > > > 3. Perhaps related to 2., I notice that windows seems to freeze for 2-3 > > seconds (with disk activity during this freeze and more messages like in > > 2. going to the console) every 3-4 minutes. > Probably 3. and 2. are non related. > > > Is this somehow related to > > VMware needing a /dev/rtc device? If so, is there any practical way to > > satisfy this need? > I don't know what exactly VMware want from a /dev/rtc. The RTC already used in > kernel, so it doesn't have any chance to port a linux code. > > -- > Vladimir Silyaev > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message > I have also seen some of the above problems. I can't successfully boot with the Windows 98 boot floppy. I had thought it was the CD drivers, but starting with the no cdrom option still freezes. When I do a shift-F8 it freezes at ECHO OFF no matter what options I've selected so far. I can boot with a 6.2 system floppy. I used it to fdisk, format, and start the install of '98. I have also seen the momentary freezes. If this is related to /dev/rtc, VMware tools has an option to disable it. I haven't tried this yet as I haven't grabbed the tools. I have to thank you Vladimir. Wonderful work. Now if I can just get networking to cooperate I'll be set. -- Jeremy L. Stock ICQ 46329337 Fax # 612-629-6540 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message