Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:01:35 -0400 From: Jeff Dickens <jeff@seamanpaper.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jeff Dickens <jeff@alt.seamanpaper.com> Subject: Re: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <47DE79BF.7090108@seamanpaper.com> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCAEIBCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCAEIBCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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I just made a copy of /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/freebsd.iso from VMware Server v1.0.4 under a different name, and moved it to the ESX server. Then I mounted that ISO as a virtual cdrom on the freebsd guest, untarred the tools and ran the install script. It seems to work fine. A couple of provisos: I don't use X windows on any of my FreeBSD systems, and the vmxnet accelerated virtual network adapter does not work properly. I use the e1000 adapter instead. It wouldn't be a bad idea to comment out the 'vmxnet_load="YES"' line from /boot/loader.conf, but it doesn't seem to cause problems just being loaded. Furthermore, I don't use any of the virtualcenter features like vmotion, etc. I use freebsd guests for small-footprint servers, for example a dhcp and dnscache server with 512MB disk and 32MB ram. Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Dickens >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:17 AM >> To: Terry Sposato; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: RE: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD >> >> >> I use the vmware tools for freebsd from the free vmware server >> product for my esx-hoster freebsd servers. >> > > Did you have to do anything special to build and install them? > > Ted > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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