vmware3 does not recognize hard disk raw device
Xavier Otazu
xotazu at cvc.uab.es
Thu Nov 16 05:58:34 PST 2006
Hello:
I've installed vmware3 on freebsd 6.0 from fresh ports.
When configuring a new virtual machine, it tells me that all
the /dev/hd? devices (i.e. /compat/linux/devhd?) are not read/write.
I made a soft link from this device (in /compat/linux/dev/hda)
to /dev/ad0. Then it recognizes read/write acces. But when powering on
the machine it tells me that it is not a raw device and it does not
boot.
I have
crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 86 Nov 13 12:02 /dev/ad0
and
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8 Nov 9 21:21 /compat/linux/dev/hda@
-> /dev/ad0
The original hda device created by the port is
brwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 0, 0x00010002 Jun 12
21:12 /compat/linux/dev/hda_orig*
I tried to create it using the minor and major characters 0 and 86, as
in /dev/ad0, but it do not produce a working device.
I have linux, aio, acpi and linprocfs modules loaded.
The /dev/ad0 disk I wan to boot in vmware is different from the one in
which FreeBSD is installed (/dev/ad3)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Xavier
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