Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:23:33 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware build 438 -> 468, raw disks fail. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002272122260.5578-100000@medusa.kfu.com> In-Reply-To: <200002262024.MAA02079@yoda.sftw.com>
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Duh. I don't know how I missed this...
For every crash, I get one of these:
linux: 'ioctl' fd=12, cmd=1260 ('\^R',96) not implemented
Updated linuxulator, anyone? :-)
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Nick Sayer wrote:
>
> I tried to move up to build 468 (release candidate 1) of vmware
> to see if it would get rid of some of the problems my office
> machine is having. Doing so breaks raw disks. The log shows this:
>
> Feb 26 12:19:15: RAWDISK: Linux's calculated capacity of /dev/hda is 16498755 se
> ctors
> RAWDISK: smaller than the actual size of the disk (16498755).
> RAWDISK: /dev/hda will therefore likely not work completelRAWDISK: correctly as
> a rawdisk with VMware.
> Feb 26 12:19:15: Caught signal 11 -- pid 2068
> Feb 26 12:19:15: Dumping core...
>
> and the window disappears.
>
> The same thing happens if you have a configured raw disk and attempt to
> enter the configuration editor.
>
> It is still the case that the linuxulator appears to get block and char
> devices backwards. vmware complains that /dev/ad0 is not a raw device,
> when it actually is. Either vmware really wants a block device and is fibbing
> or the linuxulator is getting the two mixed up.
>
> I will try a virtual disk when I get home to see if that works ok.
>
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