Apr 9 snapshot bsd.mp fails on VMware

2020-04-10 Thread j
Upgrading from a 3-month old snapshot. Files from cdn.openbsd.org. Upon boot in a VMware VM, it loads the kernel then fails to even show the OpenBSD banner. After OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.47 banner, booting hd0a:/bsd: etc etc, then VMware reports an error. "A fault has occurred causing a virtual

Re: Apr 9 snapshot bsd.mp fails on VMware

2020-04-12 Thread j
Reviewing sizes of /bsd*, they looked odd. So after a bunch of poking and checking a new install on a new VM (which worked) I manually rebuilt the MP kernel from the SP boot. And got this: # ls -l /bsd* -rwx-- 1 root wheel 18622131 Apr 12 18:01 /bsd -rwx-- 1 root wheel 17806667 Apr