Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:44:58 -1000 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6 and raw disks? Message-ID: <4449D0EA.9070105@psg.com> In-Reply-To: <20060421091534.GA11958@genius.tao.org.uk> 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>
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> 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. randy
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