ajay gopalakrishnan skrev:
Hi Greg,
I am facing with some issues in getting FreeBSD installed on my machine.
I am using Vmware workstation version 5. I am using an evaluation
version of
it.
I downloaded the FreeBSD Release 6.2 from freebsd.org.
I downloaded all the 3 ISO images. cd1 , cd2 and docs .
I did not write these images on the CD but i mounted them directly on
the CD
drive of Vmware.
I had selected OS Type as Other/FreeBSD at the time of installation.
My basic installation got over properly and smoothly without any pains.
But, i faced an error when i selected some packages for installation and
kde
from the packages list. It said 'Could not load package libiconv-1.9.2_2
and
gettext... etc'. What could be the issue here?
Also what mode should i select when installing the network adapter. Which
one should i select. lance/Slip/ppp ? I am using DSL cable internet modem
internet connection and the modem is connected to my computer using an
ethernet.
I set the nics to bridge when I ran this way.
Further, after installation how should i ensure that all the required
kernel
sources are installed?
This is only necessary if you want to build a kernel of your own. If you
are satisfied with the kernel shipped with the cds (called GENERIC)
there is no need. The handbook at www.freebsd.org is a very good
starting point and answers many questions.
Is there any way by which i can install a specific package from from CD and
let the OS determine and install all the dependencies automatically? Is
there any command for this like we have apt-get in debian?
Yes, this is done automagically when you either add the binary package
or when you do make install clean in the source code for it. Again, the
handbook answers all this.
Thanks,
Ajay.
On 3/2/07, Greg Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Are there any known issues for installing FreeBSD on Vmware
> on windows XP ?
> I have never tried installiing FreeBSD earlier and i just saw
> a mail in this
> mailing list regarding some problems while installing on
> vmware. Could not
> make out much. Can someone just elaborate on the issues faced while
> installing on Vmware.
>
> Regards,
> ajay.
Hi Ajay,
I wrote in to the list a little while back about VMware installation
problems that I had with FreeBSD 6.2, but the issue was completely
related to the CPU architecture (Via C3 Nehemiah) that I was using.
VMware doesn't officially support that processor, even though it's
supposed to be Intel compatible. Another list member sent me a kernel
patch that fixed the problem (thanks ghozzy).
I also have a WinXP box with a Celeron processor in it and VMware
Server installed, and FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x both install and run with no
problems at all.
If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll try to answer
them. I'm going to be learning a lot more about VMware Server and
FreeBSD in the coming months, as I'm working on redeploying my
company's service using those tools as the foundation. I hope to
share that knowledge with the list as I proceed.
I also found this thread
(http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-October/132
716.html) with some information in it about issues to be aware of
while running FreeBSD as a guest OS under VMware. Follow the thread a
little way, and you'll see an example kernel config file, too.
Best of luck,
Greg Larkin
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