From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 15:36:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD7C016A4B3 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:36:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fubar.adept.org (fubar.adept.org [63.147.172.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB9243FFD for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:36:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@adept.org) Received: by fubar.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0256715227; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fubar.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F180F15226; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:36:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins To: Jean-Marc Zucconi In-Reply-To: <200310012229.h91MTB9L030529@nyx.dalai-zebu.org> Message-ID: <20031001153205.I48799@fubar.adept.org> References: <20031001145747.F48799@fubar.adept.org> <200310012229.h91MTB9L030529@nyx.dalai-zebu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: re: vmware3 tips and observations X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 22:36:32 -0000 On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > Mine works but the licence file seems to be called "license.ws.3.0" > I have it in ~/.vmware AND in /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/licenses/user/ > I don't know which one is really required. i think it reads both... and will work if it finds one in either place. the odd thing is, i've got my SN... with no license file (fresh install)... and when i go to "enter my serial number" i just get a message saying "no license exists". no kidding... so how can i create one if the tool used to create the license won't run without a license? i've got to be missing something, otherwise this just seems like a huge chicken and egg scenario. it seems i can't even generate the license.ws.3.0 file without already having a license. ? figured i'd be the only one having this problem -- i didn't even want to install the stupid thing. company politics. (i.e. internal idiots insisting on using ticketing systems that only work with IE.) everything windows related -- even emulating it -- turns out to be a huge PITA. -mrh -- From: "Spam Catcher" To: spam-catcher@adept.org Do NOT send email to the address listed above or you will be added to a blacklist!