Hi,

I have a patch that allow to use CD-ROM images in VMware2 via vn device:
http://sysoev.ru/freebsd/patch.vn_cd.txt

Patch was made and tested on FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3.
I had used it to install Windows NT 4.0 from CD-ROM image in VMware2.
It can be used on FreeBSD 4.x only (because it's using vn device).

Russian description is available here:
http://sysoev.ru/freebsd/vmware_cd_image.html

In English, short:
After appling of patch you need rebuild vnconfig and kernel.
vnconfig will get new options - '-s cdrom':

vnconfig -s cdrom -c vn0c image.iso

After configuring vn device you can use it in VMware2 as /dev/vn0c
instead of physical CD-ROM device.


Igor Sysoev
http://sysoev.ru


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