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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 2002 09:51:26 -0800
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        Dmitry Karasik <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vmware questions
Message-ID:  <E18Iuj8-00082x-00@roam.psg.com>
References:  <3DEB8914.DFC12FCA@karasik.eu.org>

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>  - Raw disk type ( neither /dev/ad0 nor /linux/dev/hda ) is not
>    recognized, and vmware refuses to start when one is present.

    #!/bin/sh

    rm /usr/compat/linux/dev/hda
    mknod /usr/compat/linux/dev/hda b 30 0x00010002 randy:wheel

    rm /usr/compat/linux/dev/hdb
    mknod /usr/compat/linux/dev/hdb b 30 0x0001000a randy:wheel

    chown randy:wheel /usr/compat/linux/dev/vmnet1

>  - Boot process from win95 diskette hangs shortly after displaying
>    'Starting Windows...' message

do you have cpu step enabled?  if so, disable

>  - Complaints about inaccessibility of /dev/rtc ( which is
>    nevertheless present in /linux/dev )

it has to be started in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rtc.sh.  but it's hosed
anyway, i killed it.  let freebsd run the clock.

> I tries to start the latest vmware ( version 3.2 ), but even the
> configure script does not work

dream on.  the port of vmware 3 is a promise not fulfilled, and the
people doing it rudely refused an offer of assistance when i actually
had a slot of time to contribute.

randy


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