FreeBSD 9.3-RC2 and vmware 5.1 esxi (not a duplicate)

[Joel Dahl]

1 jul 2014 kl. 10:54 skrev Dave Hayes <dave at jetcafe.org>:

> On 06/30/2014 19:45, Glen Barber wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:42:14PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
>>> On 06/30/2014 19:34, Glen Barber wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:33:02PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
>>>>> On 06/30/2014 18:49, Glen Barber wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 06:41:06PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
>>>>>>> On 06/30/2014 18:36, Glen Barber wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 06:34:01PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
>>>>>>>>> This may look like a duplicate of
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>   <53B1DB21.7020900 at jetcafe.org>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> but it isn't. It's the same issue, but now it also belongs to the stock ISO.
>>>>>>>>> We tested the stock FreeBSD 9.3-RC2 iso on vmware 5.1 esxi as a guest. It
>>>>>>>>> says clearly
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>   CD Loader 1.2
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> and then there's screen gibberish which seems to indicate something is not
>>>>>>>>> found.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Can you provide a screenshot?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You may use this:  http://www.jetcafe.org/dave/93_RC2b.pdf
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is, unfortunately, not useful information.  We will need much more
>>>>>> information, including exactly how the VM was created, what options were
>>>>>> enabled / disabled for the VM, etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Reciprocally, I need to know exactly what you need. So far I have
>>>>> 
>>>>> - How the VM was created
>>>>> - What VM options there were
>>>>> 
>>>>> What else would you need, exactly and completely?
>>>> 
>>>> Well, let's start with these two.  Can you actually provide them?
>>> 
>>> The issue is that I am between you and someone at a hosting provider. This
>>> hosting provider interaction is not real time. Thus, I would like to queue
>>> as many information requests in one transaction as I can.
>>> 
>>> I've forwarded this request in the interests of some measure of efficiency.
>>> I will get back to you with the response.
>>> 
>> 
>> Understood.
> 
> Here's the response I got. It's not much, but it's a start. We are dealing with vmware 5.1 esxi build 1157734. The VM was created via the vSphere client with these settings:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Guest Operating System Version: FreeBSD(64-bit)
> 
> 20G vDisk
> 1 vCPU
> 2G vRAM
> LSI SAS SCSI Controller
> Single NIC (VMXNet3)
> 
> Virtual Hardware Version: vmx-09
> 
> CD/DVD:
> Connect at power on.
> Datastore ISO File: mapped to the ISO file provided.
> 
> BIOS boot order configured to boot from CD-ROM first.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> All other settings are at default.

FWIW, installing 9.3-RC2 amd64 on ESXi 5.5 works here. VM was created with the
”fat” vSphere client (not the web gui). Virtual hardware version is 8. All settings are
at default.

—
Joel