vmware3 on FreeBSD 6 and raw disks?
George Hartzell
hartzell at alerce.com
Sat Apr 22 19:40:35 UTC 2006
Josef Karthauser writes:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:58PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > >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.
> >
>
> I'm definitely on the case with this. I'll post here when it's fixed.
Does vmware3 on FreeBSD-STABLE work when you're using ACPI?
g.
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