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Date:      Tue, 1 Jul 2014 13:22:26 +0200
From:      Marko =?UTF-8?B?Q3VwYcSH?= <marko.cupac@mimar.rs>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9.3-RC2 and vmware 5.1 esxi (not a duplicate)
Message-ID:  <20140701132226.31326f93d6b0edfb17c36218@mimar.rs>
In-Reply-To: <F48C7275-F50D-4B14-9381-7162F660D2BF@vnode.se>
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> <F48C7275-F50D-4B14-9381-7162F660D2BF@vnode.se>

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On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:15:46 +0200
Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> wrote:

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> 1 jul 2014 kl. 10:54 skrev Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>:
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> > 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.
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> FWIW, installing 9.3-RC2 amd64 on ESXi 5.5 works here. VM was created
> with the =E2=80=9Dfat=E2=80=9D vSphere client (not the web gui). Virtua=
l hardware
> version is 8. All settings are at default.
>=20
> =E2=80=94
> Joel
>=20
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ESXi 5.1, as well as 5.1U1 officially supports only FreeBSD up to 9.0.
ESXi 5.5, as well as 5.5U1 officially supports only FreeBSD up to 9.2.
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Marko Cupa=C4=87



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