From owner-freebsd-emulation Sun Dec 5 20:32:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp5.mindspring.com (smtp5.mindspring.com [207.69.200.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0F114F74 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 20:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2ivea1r.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.40.59]) by smtp5.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA03200; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:32:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA01945; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:32:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:32:29 -0500 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: Alex Cc: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware and CDROM was (Re: Linux ioctl not implemented error) Message-ID: <19991205233228.A1918@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <19991204210435.D881@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <199912051018.LAA66515@yedi.iaf.nl> <19991205110930.A469@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <384AC902.80ECAF6@freenet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <384AC902.80ECAF6@freenet.co.uk>; from ak@freenet.co.uk on Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 08:20:19PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 08:20:19PM +0000, Alex wrote: > Here is what I did: > > 1) Compiled the latest -current (as of a few hours ago) > 2) Downloaded and installed the latest port > 3) Downloaded a license file > 4) kldload'ed vmmon.ko > 5) Faked /compat/linux/proc/cpuinfo and meminfo (copied from a Linux > box) > 6) Started the vmware program (in /usr/local/lib/vmware/bin) > 7) Created a config file using the vmware configuration editor. Here it > is: [skipped] > 8) Tried to power on the machine The points 4 and 5 are unnecessary, the 6 is wrong. You are only need to start program vmware, it's located in /usr/local/sbin directory. -- Vladimir Silyaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message