FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x

[Mak Kolybabi]

On 2007-09-13 13:41, Troy Kocher wrote:
>> On 2007-09-13 11:23, Bret J. Esquivel wrote:
>>> Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I
>>> have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying
>>> to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow
>>> an install.
>>
>> I've got FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE running on ESX 3.0.2.
>> The SCSI controller shown to FreeBSD on my setup is 'LSI Logic'.
>>
>> HTH
>
> Can you outline the hardware you are using that is successful in running
> FreeBSD 6.2

Here's all the information I have.

[root at ESX root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 3
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 2800.244
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm lm
bogomips        : 5583.66

[root at ESX root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3590 (rev 0c)
00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3591 (rev 0c)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3595 (rev 0c)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3597 (rev 0c)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3598 (rev 0c)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3599 (rev 0c)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 359b (rev 0c)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0329 (rev 09)
02:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 032a (rev 09)
03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
03:03.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
04:04.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0330 (rev 07)
07:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0332 (rev 07)
08:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec ServeRAID Controller (rev 07)
09:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
09:01.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)

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Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak)

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