Are there step-by-step VMWare instructions? (giving up)

[bsdfsse]

 > Oct  2 06:28:24 matrix010 kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 
retries left) LBA=171871667
 > Oct  2 06:28:24 matrix010 kernel: ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA no 
interrupt but good status


Those are the same errors I am getting!

It's somewhat of a relief to see other people getting the same error, at 
least now we know it isn't me doing something silly.

thx!