From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 3 14:42:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mojave.sitaranetworks.com (mojave.sitaranetworks.com [199.103.141.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE2114A16 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:42:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Message-ID: <19991203173646.22929@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:36:46 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: David von Stetten , Darren Wiebe Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware and FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <19991202213517.58671@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <99120322564405.01814@goliath> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <99120322564405.01814@goliath>; from David von Stetten on Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 10:48:11PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 3 December 1999 at 22:48:11 +0100, David von Stetten wrote: > On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: >> On Thursday, 2 December 1999 at 14:27:03 -0700, Darren Wiebe wrote: >>> David von Stetten wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everybody.... >>>> >>>> When I read a couple of days ago that the linux version of vmware now runs >>>> on FreeBSD I got all excited, but then I noticed that this was only the >>>> case for -current. I am using FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE, so I was wondering if >>>> there would be any way to get vmware to run on this version? Maybe by >>>> pgrading the linux emulator or something.... >>>> >>>> Any comments on the subject would be highly appreciated! :-) >>> >>> Wishing exactly what I am... You could probably update to current. I >>> tried upgrading but I cannot get it to build, I guess that means that I >>> should not be running it yet... I should tell you to go to -current >>> because the handbooks says NEVER to do it just for new toys... :-) It >>> would take a bit of work to get it to work I think. It could probably >>> be done in -stable, I don't know about 3.3 release though... >> >> Before you get too worried about the situation, consider that >> 4.0-RELEASE is scheduled for 15 January 2000. > > That's good to know! Even though I just got done installing 3.3-RELEASE, > dammit.... On the other hand, consider that there could be problems with the dreaded ".0" release. We're not going to recommend 4.0 for mission-critical work. > So just to make this as clear as possible: vmware for linux is going to > run on this 4.0-RELEASE, right? I believe so. > Well, certainly an argument in favor of > installing again... :-) > What would be the odds for installing it on top on 3.3? I don't know. I haven't investigated the problems. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message