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

[Glen Barber]

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.

> In the meanwhile, is there a useful debug mode or a way to recompile the
> loader with debug code in it? I realize this may not be possible, but it
> never hurts to ask.

The boot is failing in a strange place, or at least in a place I've
never seen it fail.

Until you hit the FreeBSD loader(8), there is to my knowledge no way to
get verbosity increased.

Glen

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