Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 10:30:49PM +0200, Peter Boosten wrote: Does 6.2 still have that time- and ACPI issue in ESX3? No. - disable ACPI in the VM This is not necessary with ESX 3 and FreeBSD 6.2 at least. - kernel frequency at 100 hz This is recommended, I'm not sure if it's really necessary. There is one more setting on the ESX side that helps with timing problems (FreeBSD or Linux guests): change Advanced Settings/Misc/Misc.Timer/MinHardPeriod from 400 to 100. With timing problems I mean the guests system clock running too fast/slow here. I had this problem with RHEL4 guests, this setting fixed it for me. - the vmxnet-driver (even the one from workstation 6) crashes freebsd, but IIRC this driver can be replaced with e1000 in esx3. I've never bothered with vmxnet, I use le(4) on i386 guests and em(4) on amd64 guests. The only kernel module I found helpful is vmmemctl.ko. The good news is that VMware releases VMware Tools as open source, I hope this will improve the support for FreeBSD guests. http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ Uwe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
The good news is that VMware releases VMware Tools as open source, I hope this will improve the support for FreeBSD guests. http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ Indeed this is good news. Thnx. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
Hi, Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. Thanks, Bret J. Esquivel [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Immense Networks, L.L.C. http://www.immense.net http://www.immense.net Ofc: (225) 754-9005 Cell: (504) 301-7413 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
On 2007-09-13 11:23, Bret J. Esquivel wrote: Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. I've got FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE running on ESX 3.0.2. The SCSI controller shown to FreeBSD on my setup is 'LSI Logic'. HTH -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
From: Mak Kolybabi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 13, 2007 11:53:52 AM CDT To: Bret J. Esquivel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x On 2007-09-13 11:23, Bret J. Esquivel wrote: Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. I've got FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE running on ESX 3.0.2. The SCSI controller shown to FreeBSD on my setup is 'LSI Logic'. HTH Can you outline the hardware you are using that is successful in running FreeBSD 6.2 Thanks Troy Kocher _ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. _ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
On 2007-09-13 13:41, Troy Kocher wrote: On 2007-09-13 11:23, Bret J. Esquivel wrote: Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. I've got FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE running on ESX 3.0.2. The SCSI controller shown to FreeBSD on my setup is 'LSI Logic'. HTH Can you outline the hardware you are using that is successful in running FreeBSD 6.2 Here's all the information I have. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 3 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz stepping: 4 cpu MHz : 2800.244 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm lm bogomips: 5583.66 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3590 (rev 0c) 00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3591 (rev 0c) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3595 (rev 0c) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3597 (rev 0c) 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3598 (rev 0c) 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3599 (rev 0c) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 359b (rev 0c) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB USB2 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] 02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0329 (rev 09) 02:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 032a (rev 09) 03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 03:03.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 04:04.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11) 07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0330 (rev 07) 07:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0332 (rev 07) 08:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec ServeRAID Controller (rev 07) 09:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 09:01.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8254NXX Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
Yes, we have it running, on 3.0.2, but I remember it taking a bit of fiddling, and can't remember the details. I'll see if I can go back and take a look at my notes on how that was done. On 9/13/07, Bret J. Esquivel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I have gotten it to work fine on VMWare Workstation, however when trying to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. Thanks, Bret J. Esquivel [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Immense Networks, L.L.C. http://www.immense.net http://www.immense.net Ofc: (225) 754-9005 Cell: (504) 301-7413 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
Yes, we have it running, on 3.0.2, but I remember it taking a bit of fiddling, and can't remember the details. Does 6.2 still have that time- and ACPI issue in ESX3? I've got it running in ESX2.5, but it indeed needed some (or much) fiddling :-) - disable ACPI in the VM - kernel frequency at 100 hz - the vmxnet-driver (even the one from workstation 6) crashes freebsd, but IIRC this driver can be replaced with e1000 in esx3. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 and VMWare ESX 3.x
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:23:49AM -0500, Bret J. Esquivel wrote: Has anyone successfully been able install FreeBSD on a ESX server? I Yes, I have successfully installed FreeBSD i386 and amd64 on ESX 3.x. The only problem I know of is that SMP only works with FreeBSD/amd64. to install on ESX it will not find the ESX SCSI controller and not allow an install. When creating a new virtual machine I always choose Other or Other(64-bit) as guest OS. The virtual SCSI Controller is LSI Logic, FreeBSD is version 6.x. Once the virtual system is running, I install the VMware Tools from VMware Server 1.x. Uwe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
