Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:21:19 -0700 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <myevmenk@exodus.net> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware reads disk on non-sector boundary Message-ID: <3D9C6E7F.5F14059D@exodus.net> References: <200210030904.aa81031@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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Ian Dowse wrote: > > In message <p05111710b9c1484025de@[128.113.24.47]>, Garance A Drosihn writes: > >I also have a partition with freebsd-current from two or three days > >ago, and all the latest versions of the ports. Every time I try to > >start vmware2 on the newer system, the hardware dies. Sometimes it > >automatically reboots, other times it freezes up and I have to > >force-reboot it (sometimes by unplugging it from the wall). > > See the patch I posted in: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+6285+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-emulation/20020908.freebsd-emulation > > There may still be further issues, but it allowed me to use vmware2 > on a current from a week or two ago. you also might try to look at the patch in PR port/41784 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=41784 i'm running vmware2 on my not so -current with the patch. if this is outdated feel free to close the PR. thanks, max To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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