FreeBSD 6.0 in VMware

[David Miao]

On 11/30/05, Joao Barros <joao.barros at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/29/05, David Miao <davmiao at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I installed a freebsd 6.0 in vmware 5.5, why I get a mass of error
> > message of "calcu runtime error"?
>
> Quoting Ed (again):
>
> Disable your APIC device, provided you're not trying to run an SMP
> kernel in a virtual SMP machine. Disabling the APIC forces FreeBSD to
> fall back on the old-fashioned IRQ timers. I think. Anyway, it works.
> Or works around. Whatever:
>
> In /boot/loader.conf , add:
>
> hint.apic.0.disabled=1
>
>
> Note: This had already been answered on this list.
>
> --
> Joao Barros
>

Dear Joao,

I think I ought to google freebsd mailling archive beforehand. Anyway,
thank you very much for your solution.

Regards,
David