From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Jan 13 12: 4:13 2003 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 8C81F37B401 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:04:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC74043F3F for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:04:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from InterJet.elischer.org (12-232-168-4.client.attbi.com[12.232.168.4]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with ESMTP id <20030113200410051007r482e>; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:04:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA72258; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:04:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:04:08 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Andy Sparrow Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware and turbotax In-Reply-To: <20030112230341.007A19E@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > > > I have vmware working on my current box and windows 98 (that I got with > > this laptop) runs fine, but turbotax doesn't run. > > Hmmm, it's worked for me on -STABLE for the last 3 years, if that's any > help... Yeah mine ran the last few years as well, just not the new one.. stops immediatly with some error (I forget.. something descriptive like: V-C++ error > > Haven't tried this year's software yet. it won't run under vmware 2.0.. no idea about 3.x > > > It seems to work > > onthe native hardware. (dammit I have to boot windows). Does anyone have > > any ideas about what they might be trying to do that can tell the > > difference? > > The only software I've encountered that won't run under VMWare is the > Sybex CCNA Virtual Lab, which believes that its running under a > debugger, complains, and won't run. > > The CCNP Virtual Lab (which Sybex provided as a replacement, after I > complained), however, works fine. I might ask intuit. > > Cheers, > > AS > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message