On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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/ I finally got around to testing with the 8.1-1-amd64 kernel, and it works well enough. Basically I can install the base OS, boot it, and installing a few additional packages worked. Setup VMWare Fusion 3.1.1 VM OS preset: Other -> FreeBSD 64-bit Other settings: SCSI disk (vs. IDE) Install method: Expert This leaves me pretty hopeful that this should work for VMWare Workstation, and ESXi which means our testing userbase is potentially pretty large. Is there anything folks would like me to test? Cheers, Brian -- > Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 > [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net >
