vmware3 does not recognize hard disk raw device

[Xavier Otazu]

In may last message, I made a mistake. I mean freebsd 6.x, not 3.x

Xavier

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:55:15 +0100
Xavier Otazu <xotazu at cvc.uab.es> wrote:

> 
> 
> 	Hello:
> 
> I've installed vmware3 on freebsd 3.x from fresh ports.
> 
> When configuring a new virtual machine, it tells me that all
> the /dev/hd? devices (i.e. /compat/linux/devhd?) are not read/write.
> 
> I made a soft link from this device (in /compat/linux/dev/hda)
> to /dev/ad0. Then it recognizes read/write acces. But when powering on
> the machine it tells me that it is not a raw device and it does not
> boot.
> 
> I have
> 
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  86 Nov 13 12:02 /dev/ad0
> 
> and 
> 
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         8 Nov  9
> 21:21 /compat/linux/dev/hda@ -> /dev/ad0
> 
> The original hda device created by the port is
> 
> brwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    0, 0x00010002 Jun 12
> 21:12 /compat/linux/dev/hda_orig*
> 
> 
> I tried to create it using the minor and major characters 0 and 86, as
> in /dev/ad0, but it do not produce a working device.
> 
> I have linux, aio, acpi and linprocfs modules loaded.
> 
> The /dev/ad0 disk I wan to boot in vmware is different from the one in
> which FreeBSD is installed (/dev/ad3)
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Xavier