On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 12:13:09AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:13:35PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 11:37:53PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > > > >> Seems that none of the SCSI options work with the AMD64 mini.iso.. I > > > >> believe the device emulated is an LSI Logic SCSI adapter. (But am not > > > >> 100% certain since VMWare Fusion settings are a bit more Opaque than > > > >> other VMWare releases). I am using the predefined FreeBSD64 settings > > > >> profile in VMWare Fusion. > > > >> > > > >> I did manage to get it working with a virtual ATA controller though, > > > >> but got warning messages saying "Warning: Could not flush cache of > > > >> device /dev/ad0 - No such device." > > > >> > > > >> Interestingly even though the installer didn't see the SCSI devices, > > > >> once I was booted off an install I did on a virtual ATA device, I did > > > >> see this in dmesg.: > > > >> > > > >> Waiting 2 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > > > >> da0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > > > >> da0: <VMware, VMware Virtual S 1.0> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > > > >> da0: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit) > > > >> da0: Command Queueing Enabled > > > >> da0: 8192MB (16777216 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1044C) > > > >> > > > >> and /dev/da0 exists (but all the other da* devices don't), and running > > > >> parted doesn't seem to see da0. > > > >> > > > >> On the flip side networking works.. so there is a mostly working > > > >> "headless" config for VMWare Fusion, and most likely VMWare > > > >> Workstation. > > > >> > > > >> One reason to get SCSI working is that VMWare ESXi does not seem to > > > >> have a virtual ATA controller available and only let's virtual SCSI > > > >> drives get added. (Pretty much all VMWare products provide an option > > > >> to run a virtual LSI Logic SCSI controller.) I am wondering if the LSI > > > >> Logic drivers that come with FreeBSD are proprietary blogs that got > > > >> stripped out of kfreebsd? > > > >> > > > >> Please let me know if there is any more output I can provide, or if > > > >> someone wants to directly interact with the VM at DC10. (I will be at > > > >> DebConf for most of Thursday and alternatively can plan to meet up any > > > >> evening this week.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Please note that I am currently working on getting debian-installer > > > > using the 8.1 kernel instead of the 7.3. This should probably be > > > > retested after that, as a lot of drivers are going to change. > > > > > > That sounds promising. Do you have an idea when it will be ready for > > testing? > > > > > > > I hope next week, it will also depends on how long the ftpmasters will > > accept the packages. > > > > > My apologies. I got busy. Did the 8.1 kernel ISO ever get cut? >
Since end of August, daily images are using a 8.1 kernel. You can fetch them from: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/ -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
