Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware onwindows XP ?

[Roger Olofsson]

ajay gopalakrishnan skrev:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I am facing with some issues in getting FreeBSD installed on my machine.
> I am using Vmware workstation version 5. I am using an evaluation 
> version of
> it.
> I downloaded the FreeBSD Release 6.2 from freebsd.org.
> I downloaded all the 3 ISO images. cd1 , cd2 and docs .
> I did not write these images on the CD but i mounted them directly on 
> the CD
> drive of Vmware.
> 
> I had selected OS Type as  Other/FreeBSD at the time of installation.
> My basic installation got over properly and smoothly without any pains.
> But, i faced an error when i selected some packages for installation and 
> kde
> from the packages list. It said 'Could not load package libiconv-1.9.2_2 
> and
> gettext... etc'. What could be the issue here?
> 
> Also what mode should i select when installing the network adapter. Which
> one should i select. lance/Slip/ppp ? I am using DSL cable internet modem
> internet connection and the modem is connected to my computer using an
> ethernet.
>

I set the nics to bridge when I ran this way.

> Further, after installation how should i ensure that all the required 
> kernel
> sources are installed?
> 

This is only necessary if you want to build a kernel of your own. If you 
are satisfied with the kernel shipped with the cds (called GENERIC) 
there is no need. The handbook at www.freebsd.org is a very good 
starting point and answers many questions.


> Is there any way by which i can install a specific package from from CD and
> let the OS determine and install all the dependencies automatically? Is
> there any command for this like we have apt-get in debian?
> 

Yes, this is done automagically when you either add the binary package 
or when you do make install clean in the source code for it. Again, the 
handbook answers all this.

> Thanks,
> Ajay.
> 
> On 3/2/07, Greg Larkin <glarkin at sourcehosting.net> 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).
>>
>> I also have a WinXP box with a Celeron processor in it and VMware
>> Server installed, and FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x both install and run with no
>> problems at all.
>>
>> If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll try to answer
>> them.  I'm going to be learning a lot more about VMware Server and
>> FreeBSD in the coming months, as I'm working on redeploying my
>> company's service using those tools as the foundation.  I hope to
>> share that knowledge with the list as I proceed.
>>
>> I also found this thread
>> (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-October/132
>> 716.html) with some information in it about issues to be aware of
>> while running FreeBSD as a guest OS under VMware.  Follow the thread a
>> little way, and you'll see an example kernel config file, too.
>>
>> Best of luck,
>> Greg Larkin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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