Hi Greg, I am facing with some issues in getting FreeBSD installed on my machine. I am using Vmware workstation version 5. I am using an evaluation version of it. I downloaded the FreeBSD Release 6.2 from freebsd.org. I downloaded all the 3 ISO images. cd1 , cd2 and docs . I did not write these images on the CD but i mounted them directly on the CD drive of Vmware.
I had selected OS Type as Other/FreeBSD at the time of installation. My basic installation got over properly and smoothly without any pains. But, i faced an error when i selected some packages for installation and kde from the packages list. It said 'Could not load package libiconv-1.9.2_2 and gettext... etc'. What could be the issue here? Also what mode should i select when installing the network adapter. Which one should i select. lance/Slip/ppp ? I am using DSL cable internet modem internet connection and the modem is connected to my computer using an ethernet. Further, after installation how should i ensure that all the required kernel sources are installed? Is there any way by which i can install a specific package from from CD and let the OS determine and install all the dependencies automatically? Is there any command for this like we have apt-get in debian? Thanks, Ajay. On 3/2/07, Greg Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey all, > > Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware > on windows XP ? > I have never tried installiing FreeBSD earlier and i just saw > a mail in this > mailing list regarding some problems while installing on > vmware. Could not > make out much. Can someone just elaborate on the issues faced while > installing on Vmware. > > Regards, > ajay. Hi Ajay, I wrote in to the list a little while back about VMware installation problems that I had with FreeBSD 6.2, but the issue was completely related to the CPU architecture (Via C3 Nehemiah) that I was using. VMware doesn't officially support that processor, even though it's supposed to be Intel compatible. Another list member sent me a kernel patch that fixed the problem (thanks ghozzy). I also have a WinXP box with a Celeron processor in it and VMware Server installed, and FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x both install and run with no problems at all. If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll try to answer them. I'm going to be learning a lot more about VMware Server and FreeBSD in the coming months, as I'm working on redeploying my company's service using those tools as the foundation. I hope to share that knowledge with the list as I proceed. I also found this thread (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-October/132 716.html) with some information in it about issues to be aware of while running FreeBSD as a guest OS under VMware. Follow the thread a little way, and you'll see an example kernel config file, too. Best of luck, Greg Larkin
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