From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 09:15:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A25D8FB; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:15:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.vnode.se (mail.vnode.se [212.247.52.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 277D32894; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.vnode.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.vnode.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BE5E3F07B; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:15:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at vnode.se Received: from mail.vnode.se ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.vnode.se (mail.vnode.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kt+IQAH38HWm; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:15:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.101.130.71] (edsfw.benders.se [212.247.52.27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.vnode.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8ABE8E3F079; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:15:45 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.2\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.3-RC2 and vmware 5.1 esxi (not a duplicate) From: Joel Dahl In-Reply-To: <53B2772B.7020408@jetcafe.org> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:15:46 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <53B21009.5000901@jetcafe.org> <20140701013604.GU1216@hub.FreeBSD.org> <53B211B2.9040806@jetcafe.org> <20140701014948.GV1216@hub.FreeBSD.org> <53B21DDE.1080407@jetcafe.org> <20140701023443.GX1216@hub.FreeBSD.org> <53B22006.7090603@jetcafe.org> <20140701024556.GY1216@hub.FreeBSD.org> <53B2772B.7020408@jetcafe.org> To: Dave Hayes X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.2) Cc: Glen Barber , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 09:15:53 -0000 1 jul 2014 kl. 10:54 skrev Dave Hayes : > On 06/30/2014 19:45, Glen Barber wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:42:14PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote: >>> On 06/30/2014 19:34, Glen Barber wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:33:02PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote: >>>>> On 06/30/2014 18:49, Glen Barber wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 06:41:06PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote: >>>>>>> On 06/30/2014 18:36, Glen Barber wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 06:34:01PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote: >>>>>>>>> This may look like a duplicate of >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> <53B1DB21.7020900@jetcafe.org> >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> but it isn't. It's the same issue, but now it also belongs to = the stock ISO. >>>>>>>>> We tested the stock FreeBSD 9.3-RC2 iso on vmware 5.1 esxi as = a guest. It >>>>>>>>> says clearly >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> CD Loader 1.2 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> and then there's screen gibberish which seems to indicate = something is not >>>>>>>>> found. >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> Can you provide a screenshot? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> You may use this: http://www.jetcafe.org/dave/93_RC2b.pdf >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> This is, unfortunately, not useful information. We will need = much more >>>>>> information, including exactly how the VM was created, what = options were >>>>>> enabled / disabled for the VM, etc. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Reciprocally, I need to know exactly what you need. So far I have >>>>>=20 >>>>> - How the VM was created >>>>> - What VM options there were >>>>>=20 >>>>> What else would you need, exactly and completely? >>>>=20 >>>> Well, let's start with these two. Can you actually provide them? >>>=20 >>> The issue is that I am between you and someone at a hosting = provider. This >>> hosting provider interaction is not real time. Thus, I would like to = queue >>> as many information requests in one transaction as I can. >>>=20 >>> I've forwarded this request in the interests of some measure of = efficiency. >>> I will get back to you with the response. >>>=20 >>=20 >> Understood. >=20 > Here's the response I got. It's not much, but it's a start. We are = dealing with vmware 5.1 esxi build 1157734. The VM was created via the = vSphere client with these settings: >=20 > ----------------------------------------------------- > Guest Operating System Version: FreeBSD(64-bit) >=20 > 20G vDisk > 1 vCPU > 2G vRAM > LSI SAS SCSI Controller > Single NIC (VMXNet3) >=20 > Virtual Hardware Version: vmx-09 >=20 > CD/DVD: > Connect at power on. > Datastore ISO File: mapped to the ISO file provided. >=20 > BIOS boot order configured to boot from CD-ROM first. > ----------------------------------------------------- > All other settings are at default. FWIW, installing 9.3-RC2 amd64 on ESXi 5.5 works here. VM was created = with the =94fat=94 vSphere client (not the web gui). Virtual hardware version is = 8. All settings are at default. =97 Joel