Subject: RE: VMware
To: K. Richard Pixley <K.Richard.Pixley@nominum.com>
From: Ambarish Malpani <ambarish@caymas.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/17/2003 11:55:31
Me too.
But from the question, it seems like the person wants to run
vmware on NetBSD (not NetBSD on vmware).
Is that correct?
A
> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of K. Richard Pixley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:46 AM
> To: Klaus Haeberlein
> Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: VMware
>
>
> I run netbsd-1.6.1 inside vmware on a regular basis.
>
> SCSI virtual disks don't work. Seems the scsi driver resets frequently
> causing vmware to believe it's broken. Use IDE disks and be sure to put
> your cdrom on a different IDE bus from your hard disk, otherwise netbsd
> doesn't see the hard disk.
>
> I haven't tried running vmware on netbsd-1.6.1, but I have heard other
> folks discussing doing so with linux emulation. I can't tell you how
> well it works.
>
> --rich
>
> Klaus Haeberlein wrote:
> > Has anybody VMware been installed / ported in NetBSD 1.6?
> > What is the experience?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Klaus
>
>