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Hello forumgoers! I just popped by BSDForums and was surprised to see most everyone gone.
So I came along and brought the only howto I ever compiled with me (of course, after doing a touch of clean-up work and reading the thread on copying BSDForums posts being tricky business.) BUT to the point. I've recently purchased a new PC, and I couldn't be happier with it. But it sports an ASUS board with on-board Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet. Which is entirely not supported by FreeBSD (a driver appears to be in works, but as of May 8th, performance is poor). Alas, I am not deterred! And was wondering... have any of you given FreeBSD a go in VMware recently (planning to use Vista as a host OS) and gotten it online that way? I'd love nothing more to Dual-Boot Vista/FreeBSD and boot the FreeBSD partition primarily through VMware, tracking CURRENT obsessively in hopes of a better tomorrow (driver-wise of course, tracking -CURRENT for jollies isn't for the faint of heart!) Might also be able to test some of the prospective drivers that Pyun YongHyeon has been working on too. So, how do you think it'll work? Should I give it up before I hurt myself, or can I expect some manner of success? |
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Thanks for the reply
![]() Aye, I've used VMware a few times with virtual disks... but my theory with booting it from the raw disk is that I should be able to pop into FreeBSD without VMware as well. Either to check out progress on the age0 driver, or to simply stare at what a computer looks like without internet. And then when there is a driver that gets committed, I can just drop VMware, update, and rock out. But I think I will go virtual disk. It's not like it takes any real effort to install Vista/FreeBSD. One disc, nap. Second Disc, nap. Occasionally it'll ask me annoying questions, and for configurations. If I time it right, should only take a few hours. If I take too many naps, a couple of days. Either way ![]() |
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The virtual hardware is different than the real hardware. Though with FreeBSD it probably wouldn't be too bad, the stock GENERIC kernel would just bind different drivers when you boot (I think it would boot) and you'd have to do things like reconfigure your network (you wouldn't be using the amd lance driver anymore and the interface name would be different) and anything you've done in loader.conf would need changing (e.g. kldloading your sound driver).
I've never tried anything like that though but I'd imagine a FreeBSD disk would transplant OK. |
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I've just found a seemingly more insane (ergo more fun) solution.
I plugged the USB Network Adapter from my Wii into my Vista box and it spat out ASIX AX88772. One google later and it turns out that there is an axe0 driver for this device in FreeBSD. Thanks for the advice though. And yes, it should boot with GENERIC. Any machine you throw the drive into should boot with GENERIC. Of course, rolling a new kernel is usually one of the first things I do ![]() Of course, now I'm itching to play with VMware. But first things first. I need to get FreeBSD up! |
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On second thought, I'm not so sure that would work in that direction. Better have a read about raw disks:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/d...nstall_os.html http://www.vmware.com/support/refere...ion_linux.html |
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That's in fact what I do... I really hate my onboard Marvel Yukon2... works like crap in Linux and I don't even think FreeBSD has a driver for it. It's disabled and forgotten and I just use an ordinary realtek 8139 based NIC that works in all my OSes. Last edited by Grogan; 10th May 2008 at 09:04 AM. |
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I'll read more through those pages when I get home from work
![]() And yes, my old bos had a Realtek 8139. It was beautiful for everything I ever did with it. Only trick with this machine is it's brand new, and I would prefer not to crack it open if I can avoid it ![]() |
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Heheh, silly putty. Note, however, that the little "warranty void if removed" is BS. They don't actually have a right to make that claim as long as you are competent and don't damage anything, if they were actually taken to task for it. They can, however, say whatever they want. "If you remove this sticker, you own us 1 million dollars" or "Clicking OK indicates your acceptance of the terms of this software license" ( you get the picture
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True enough.
Of course, I've done another 160 degree turn backto VMware and virtual disk space ![]() Why? Because the Ethernet through USB is so dang slow, and the DVD-rom drive (SATA) is loading the install disc perfectly, but not being detected after this ![]() Also, I'd have to check if there is an open PCI slot. I know it's got a PCI express x16, anda x1. I think it has two open PCI, but I'm not certain. |
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7.0-RELEASE installed just fine for me, from my SATA DVD drive though. Fully supported now... I've even got CD/DVD writing working through through the atapicam scsi emulation interface. |
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Hm, odd... I was using an 8.0-CURRENT snapshot. The 7.0-RELEASE disc was a boot-only one I was using to see if my original 7.0-RELEASE disc1 was buggered (sure enough, it was!)
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