FreeBSD 6.0 rc1 guest under vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-r2 on linux host (boot error)

[Ralph Hempel]

Robin wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I thought I'd give the new RC a whirl under vmware, after setting the 
> guest to boot from the CDROM (which was the CD1 .ISO), shortly I 
> recieved this error:
> 
> http://xs.mw/temp/freebsd6rc1_vmware_boot_error.png
> (BTX halted)

Yep. Me too. I googled this and it appears to be a known
issue with the IDE CDROM driver in 6.0

Ralph