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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.3 on VMWare ESX 3.5
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Christoph Weber-Fahr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there any known way to boot and install FreeBSD 7.3 on VMWare 3.5
> or older?

>From my experience with VMWare 3.5 and older and FreeBSD, I'd say:
upgrade ASAP to 4.0.

Though on the other hand I was running 7-stable on 3.5 for a long time
without issues.