From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 9 10: 4:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vms1.rit.edu (vms1.isc.rit.edu [129.21.3.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1543937B419 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 10:04:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from sonic.rit.edu ([129.21.12.6]) by ritvax.isc.rit.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #40294) with ESMTPA id <01KE2KO715TUEN03ZF@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:04:12 EST Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 13:02:59 -0500 From: Matt Penna Subject: Re: vmware2 license X-Sender: mdp1261@vmspop.isc.rit.edu To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Alexey Koptsevich , Oscar Castaneda Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020209130004.03023510@vmspop.isc.rit.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:42 AM 2/9/02 -0800, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: >Hello, > >How can I get evaluation license for vmware ver 2? They give only ones for >ver 3. And what should I do with it, copy license number to file >~/.vmware/license? >Hi, > >I installed vmware2 through the user ports recently. >After the linux issues were resolved, like mounting >linprocfs I was ready for installation. However im >asked for a license which i can supposedly get from >www.vmware.com/linux_license > >The license for workstation3 wont work with vmware2. >Where do i get such a license, or is vmware2 for free >use if I configure something ?? I had the same problem and solved it by tracking down a place that still sold VMWare 2 as a packaged product. Full explanation is here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=100545248231908&w=2 Best of luck! Matt -- Matt Penna mdp1261@rit.edu ICQ: 399825 S0ba on AOLIM "The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots." -Dr. Who To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message