Apologies for not including dmesg in original email.
OpenBSD 5.8-current (RAMDISK_CD) #1271: Tue Sep 29 10:30:11 MDT 2015
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
real mem = 117374976 (111MB)
avail mem = 112254976 (107MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (364 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "6.00" date 06/22/2012
bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP BOOT APIC MCFG SRAT HPET WAET
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz, 2000.02 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,HV,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR,ARAT
cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu0: apic clock running at 65MHz
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
"Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 not configured
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel
0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <NECVMWar, VMware IDE CDR10, 1.00> ATAPI
5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
"Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
"VMware VMCI" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 7 function 7 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware SVGA II" rev 0x00
vga1: aperture needed
wsdisplay1 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ppb1 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VMware PCI" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
vmwpvs0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "VMware PVSCSI" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 18
scsibus1 at vmwpvs0: 16 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
sd0: 1024MB, 512 bytes/sector, 2097152 sectors
sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
sd1: 1024MB, 512 bytes/sector, 2097152 sectors
sd2 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
sd2: 20MB, 512 bytes/sector, 40960 sectors
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ppb4 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci0 dev 21 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
ppb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
ppb7 at pci0 dev 21 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
ppb8 at pci0 dev 21 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci9 at ppb8 bus 9
ppb9 at pci0 dev 21 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci10 at ppb9 bus 10
ppb10 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci11 at ppb10 bus 11
vmx0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "VMware VMXNET3" rev 0x01: apic 1 int 19,
address 00:50:56:81:63:e3
ppb11 at pci0 dev 22 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci12 at ppb11 bus 12
ppb12 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci13 at ppb12 bus 13
ppb13 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci14 at ppb13 bus 14
ppb14 at pci0 dev 22 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci15 at ppb14 bus 15
ppb15 at pci0 dev 22 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci16 at ppb15 bus 16
ppb16 at pci0 dev 22 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci17 at ppb16 bus 17
ppb17 at pci0 dev 22 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci18 at ppb17 bus 18
ppb18 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci19 at ppb18 bus 19
ppb19 at pci0 dev 23 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci20 at ppb19 bus 20
ppb20 at pci0 dev 23 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci21 at ppb20 bus 21
ppb21 at pci0 dev 23 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci22 at ppb21 bus 22
ppb22 at pci0 dev 23 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci23 at ppb22 bus 23
ppb23 at pci0 dev 23 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci24 at ppb23 bus 24
ppb24 at pci0 dev 23 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci25 at ppb24 bus 25
ppb25 at pci0 dev 23 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci26 at ppb25 bus 26
ppb26 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci27 at ppb26 bus 27
ppb27 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci28 at ppb27 bus 28
ppb28 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci29 at ppb28 bus 29
ppb29 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci30 at ppb29 bus 30
ppb30 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci31 at ppb30 bus 31
ppb31 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci32 at ppb31 bus 32
ppb32 at pci0 dev 24 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci33 at ppb32 bus 33
ppb33 at pci0 dev 24 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci34 at ppb33 bus 34
isa0 at mainbus0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay1
softraid0 at root
scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Pedro Caetano <pedrocaet...@binaryflows.com
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While installing openbsd on vmware using today's snapshot 29-sep-2015, I
> get the following message on the final part of the install process, leaving
> the system in an unusable state (not booting normally after installing from
> bsd.rd).
>
> The hypervisor is running esx 5.1.0
>
> Guest settings:
> 128mb ram
> 1gb hdd
> SCSI controller is set to paravirtual
> NIC is set to vmx3
>
> installboot: invalid boot record signature (0x0000) @ sector 0
>
> Failed to install bootblocks.
> You will not be able to boot OpenBSD from sd0
>
> Best regards,
> Pedro Caetano
>
>
>
