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: >=20 > 1 jul 2014 kl. 10:54 skrev Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>: >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" 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. --=20 Marko Cupa=C4=87
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