Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:19:30 -0400 From: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Floppies on VMware workstation FreeBSD guest Message-ID: <cone.1277007570.138515.1649.1000@shelca>
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Any has had any success with getting floppies to work on VMware desktop 7 on a FreeBSD guest? Did the following to prepare the floppy #Create empty floppy image dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=1440 of=/data/tmp/boot.flp #create md0 and point it to floppy mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /data/tmp/boot.flp -u 0 #newfs newfs /dev/md0 #mount mount /dev/md0 /mnt #copy data here.... #unmount umount /mnt #delete md0 mdconfig -d -u 0 I am trying to create a floppy image with an install.cfg to learn how sysinstall automation works. The floppy gives the following error: Error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist : device not configured. Just as a test I found a floopy for an old PicoBSD floppy to see if it could be read. It failed too. However, if the PicoBSD floppy image is first in the boot order it actually boots of the floppy image. Search for this issue show some old messages of people having simmilar problems, but given that they were old I wondered if the issue had been resolved. I am aware that in VMware one can create one VM and make a template. I am trying to learn sysinstall automation for the times when I will need to install FreeBSD on a physical machine instead of a VM. Any pointers will be greately appreciated.
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