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From: Vladimir Egorin <vladimir@math.uic.edu>
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Subject: Re: any chance to get vmware3 working for 5.4 release?
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:41:49AM +0900, NAKATA Maho wrote:
	> In Message-ID: <20050323023741.15805.qmail@cat.math.uic.edu> 
	> vladimir@math.uic.edu wrote:
	> 
	> > I tried vmware3 port on 5.4-BETA1 host, and it either locks
	> > the host machine solid or silently reboots it, as soon as the
	> > "Power on" button is pressed.  Has anyone succeeded running
	> > vmware3 on 5.4?
	> > 
	> > -CURRENT also started having the same problem around Feb 12.
	> try vmware4.5 :)
	> http://www.break.net/orlando/freebsd.html
	> 
	> -- NAKATA, Maho (maho@FreeBSD.org)

I managed to compile vmmon module, and applied patches to linux emulation
files by hand.   Unfortunately I got the same result -- vmware4.5.x
starts and allows to configure the virual machine, but the host machine
resets (or locks up) as soon as I push the "Power On" button.

-- 
Vladimir