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Rick Duff(deleted)
09/27/2007 3:19 PM
post1658
VMware.boot   
I noticed there is a program (if that is the right name for it) called vmware.boot in /boot/sys.  Should we build a 
different os image and use this instead of bios.boot?

If so, why?  What does this do differently than bios.boot?
If not, what is this for?

Inquiring minds (or perhaps bored ones) want to know..

Rick..
Colin Burgess(deleted)
09/27/2007 3:23 PM
post1659
Re: VMware.boot   
vmware.boot is simply bios.boot with a little extra in it to set the 
filter to mkifsf_vmware, which creates a bootable floppy image.

we don't ship mkifsf_vmware though... although you can build it in 
utils/m/mkxfs... if you've managed to build a windows version...

*SIGH* the tangled web...

It also requires something called vmware.stub which is also not shipped.

It's on my todo to get a rational strategy for getting these pieces out...

Rick Duff wrote:
>
> I noticed there is a program (if that is the right name for it) called 
> vmware.boot in /boot/sys.  Should we build a different os image and 
> use this instead of bios.boot?
>
> If so, why?  What does this do differently than bios.boot?
> If not, what is this for?
>
> Inquiring minds (or perhaps bored ones) want to know..
>
> Rick..
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> General
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post1658
>

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David Alessio(deleted)
03/25/2008 10:09 PM
post6122
Re: VMware.boot   
Hi Colin,  

Any progress on releasing the vmware filter?  I'm running 632 on my HP tx1000 (AMD Turion 64) and I'd like try an SMP 
kernel in the hope that compile times will go down.

I tried creating a new boot image, procnto-smp comes up with 2 cores, but it boots very sloooooly, I suspect it has 
something to do with bios.boot.

Cheers,
-david
Colin Burgess(deleted)
03/27/2008 9:32 AM
post6196
Re: VMware.boot   
mkifsf_vmware is supplied as source in utils/m/mkxfs

However I believe that vmware.stub is still missing.  Here it is, put it in the same
dir as vmware.boot

David Alessio wrote:
> Hi Colin, 
> 
> Any progress on releasing the vmware filter?  I'm running 632 on my HP 
> tx1000 (AMD Turion 64) and I'd like try an SMP kernel in the hope that 
> compile times will go down.
> 
> I tried creating a new boot image, procnto-smp comes up with 2 cores, 
> but it boots very sloooooly, I suspect it has something to do with 
> bios.boot.
> 
> Cheers,
> -david
> 
> _______________________________________________
> General
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post6122
> 

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cburgess@qnx.com
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David Alessio(deleted)
04/01/2008 5:59 PM
post6358
Re: VMware.boot   
Got SMP up and running on vmware.  Thanks.  Unfortunately, compiling is so much slower than with just one core.  I 
suspect that between QNX and vmware, there's much more cache thrashing and pipeline stalls.

I'd be curious to hear if anyone has had more success.
Cheers,
-david
Mario Charest
04/17/2008 10:38 AM
post6980
Re: VMware.boot   
> Got SMP up and running on vmware.  Thanks.  Unfortunately, compiling is so 
> much slower than with just one core.  I suspect that between QNX and vmware, 
> there's much more cache thrashing and pipeline stalls.
> 
> I'd be curious to hear if anyone has had more success.
> Cheers,
> -david


I read somewhere that VMware recommand to have one more extra core. Thus if you set your virtual machine to 2 you should
 have 3 cores ;-)

Also I find that vmware benifit a lots from tunning devb-eide cache.  You really want your vm to do as little IO as 
possible.
Rob Hoeye
01/02/2013 1:55 AM
post98338
Re: VMware.boot   
Will someone please help me to understand how to 1) compile the windows version of mkifsf_vmware and 2) how to use it 
and vmware.stub? 

I would like to create a 6.3sp3 ifs (with a photon application) that VMware Player 4.0.2 will boot.

I was able to download the source for mkxfs, and have not been successfull at getting any of its decendants to compile. 
I must not be supplying the correct arguments to make.

Thanks
Rob Hoeye
Arvin Baalu
01/05/2009 2:36 AM
post19330
Re: VMware.boot   
Hi Colin
Any idea on when you can release VMware.boot & VMWare.stub for QNX640.  

I created a VMWare IFS image using these files(VMware.boot & VMWare.stub) from a QNX 63x install in a QNX 640 Build 
environment.  When I booted the VMWare image it did not work.  It got hung at the Hit Esc for Altboot screen.  

I am assuming we need a QNX640 build of both of these files.  

Can you let us know when or where I can get these files?

Thanks

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