Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:53:46 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6 and raw disks? Message-ID: <20060422175346.GE1970@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4449D0EA.9070105@psg.com> References: <20051121150641.GA714@genius.tao.org.uk> <20060417162115.GJ42376@genius.tao.org.uk> <20060419133708.GA946@genius.tao.org.uk> <20060421091534.GA11958@genius.tao.org.uk> <4449D0EA.9070105@psg.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:58PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote: > >For the record, I now know why raw disks don't work for FreeBSD 6 > >any more. The code that was put in the linuxlator to gloss over > >the fact that linux drives are block devices, but that we don't > >have block devices any more, was disabled in sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c > >by phk on 15-Mar-05! I'll try and get it reinstated. > > do shout if you ever get this working. i have been carrying two > laptops, one freebsd and one windoze, for almost two years because of this. > I'm definitely on the case with this. I'll post here when it's fixed. Joe -- Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ 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) iEYEARECAAYFAkRKbakACgkQXVIcjOaxUBbMhwCgnoi925ETDUjRM4Bv1iDM7amp NtkAoISZ+85tg+otEo5/bNmmN4vWX0vf =I7yZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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