Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:21:15 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6 - cannot open md0 Message-ID: <20060417162115.GJ42376@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051121150641.GA714@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <20051121150641.GA714@genius.tao.org.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Does anyone have a solution for this yet? Joe On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:06:41PM +0000, Josef Karthauser wrote: > I'm happy to see that vmware3 now compiles on FreeBSD 6 and an looking > forward to using it again. However, when I start it I get: > > Unable to open either the disk '/dev/md0'.... > > Strange. I used to be able to used a memory disk for my files under > FreeBSD 5. Doesn't anyone know what's going on? > > For reference: > > genius% ls -ld /dev/md0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 0, 130 Nov 21 12:12 /dev/md0 > genius% id > uid=100(joe) gid=100(joe) groups=100(joe), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 68(dialer) > > and it's definitely a good disk: > > genius# mount_ntfs /dev/md0s1 /mnt > genius# ls /mnt > $AttrDef $Volume Program Files > $BadClus AUTOEXEC.BAT RECYCLER > $Bitmap Binaries System Volume Information > $Boot CONFIG.SYS WINDOWS > $Extend Documents and Settings Websites > $LogFile IO.SYS boot.ini > $MFTMirr Inetpub clj4500 > $Secure MSDOS.SYS ntldr > $UpCase NTDETECT.COM pagefile.sys > > And also: > > genius# ls -l /compat/linux/dev/md* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 8 Dec 7 2004 /compat/linux/dev/md0 -> /dev/md0 > > What gives? Me confused. It's not the block vs character device issue > again is it? I thought that we'd fixed that ages ago... :( > > Joe > -- > Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ > FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ > Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ > ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. ================= -- Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. ================= [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkRDwHsACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZXgwCgiqo6vy9OKkVDxM4Hy75E6rzm L2QAoOS8mRvZFgpemtALq9csxvOwBb57 =of8r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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