From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 18:48:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D961F16A402 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:48:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB2113C441 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:48:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l22ImqGp063556; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:48:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45E8718F.3010900@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:48:47 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: glarkin@sourcehosting.net References: <008101c75cf7$c990b550$0901a8c0@TWEETY> In-Reply-To: <008101c75cf7$c990b550$0901a8c0@TWEETY> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2702/Fri Mar 2 09:04:51 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, 'ajay gopalakrishnan' Subject: Re: Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware onwindows XP ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:48:53 -0000 On 03/02/07 12:22, Greg Larkin wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware >> on windows XP ? >> I have never tried installiing FreeBSD earlier and i just saw >> a mail in this >> mailing list regarding some problems while installing on >> vmware. Could not >> make out much. Can someone just elaborate on the issues faced while >> installing on Vmware. >> >> Regards, >> ajay. > > Hi Ajay, > > I wrote in to the list a little while back about VMware installation > problems that I had with FreeBSD 6.2, but the issue was completely > related to the CPU architecture (Via C3 Nehemiah) that I was using. > VMware doesn't officially support that processor, even though it's > supposed to be Intel compatible. Another list member sent me a kernel > patch that fixed the problem (thanks ghozzy). The issue is not that the C3 is not x86 compatible, because it is completely compatible. The issue here is that vmware is allowing all the CPU features to be advertised to the guest OS, when it does not in fact emulate all those features. The C3 CPU has additional features that Intel processors do not have, like the RNG and AES encryption. Either the guest OS needs to know not to use them, or vmware needs to be smarter and emulate that feature. Eric