Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:29:22 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: vns@delta.odessa.ua Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? Message-ID: <20000806012922.P254@parish> In-Reply-To: <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us>; from vsilyaev@mindspring.com on Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:59:49PM -0400 References: <jjreynold@home.com> <200007271242.IAA16126@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> <20000805150815.C254@parish> <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
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On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:59:49PM -0400, Vladimir N. Silyaev wrote: > In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote: > >I've been following this thread and learnt quite a bit from it, thanks > >guys, however I *still* can't get vmware to run :( > > > >It starts up but as soon as I click the Power On button the vmware > >window turns black and the whole machine locks solid (no keyboard or > >mouse response, and the desktop clock and xtimer stop) and after ~15 > >secs the machine spontaneously reboots (which is a PITA as it fsck's > >the disks every time). > 1. Checks date of the kernel, linux.ko and vmmon.ko, it should be in > descended order. thanks for the reply. % ls -lrt /kernel /modules/linux.ko /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules/vmmon* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2179331 20 Jul 21:02 /kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 79935 20 Jul 21:03 /modules/linux.ko -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36639 5 Aug 13:39 /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules/vmmon_up.ko -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36800 5 Aug 13:39 /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules/vmmon_smp.ko % I don't have vmmon.ko, only vmmon_smp.ko and vmmon_up.ko. Is this correct? (I built vmware with Makefile rev 1.19) > 2. Create new dummy configuration, without any hardware, and try it. It > useless, but at least you should see a Phoenix BIOS logo. > I'll give this a try. > If it doesn't help, that means you are have incompatible hardware > (never heard before about that). :( > > -- > Regards, > Vladimir -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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