FreeBSD 5.4 + VMware

[sd]

Try to parse /boot/beastie.4th

Message: 30
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:37:07 -0400
From: Aaron Peterson <dopplecoder at gmail.com>
Subject: FreeBSD 5.4 + VMware
To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <45d750d2050920133744d85b32 at mail.gmail.com>
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I've had problems loading/booting FreeBSD 5.4 in a virtual machine.
If I start in the default mode, it crashes VMware.  If I start with
ACPI disabled it crashes VMware.  If I start in "Safe Mode" it works
great.  So...  I want to learn about what is different about booting
in "Safe Mode" from the default boot options.  That way I can further
troubleshoot and find the culpret hopefully.  Thanks for any
information regarding this issue.

Aaron