From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 17:23:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org 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 5CD2716A4ED for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:23:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7520643D7C for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:22:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: FROM dell (Unknown [141.211.82.167]) BY tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 453F9D5D.403FC.27371 ; 25 Oct 2006 13:22:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:22:46 -0400 From: William Bulley To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061025172246.GL5296@dell> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, orlando@break.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: orlando@break.net Subject: confused about VMware on FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:23:01 -0000 I have tried to research this issue on most of 2006's worth of freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, on Wikipedia, using Google, on www.vmware.com and by installing the emulators/vmware3 port on FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE. I find that I am confused and unable to get to first base with vmware. I think I want the "free" VMware Server application to be hosted on FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE which will then allow me to try "guest" operating systems such as Windows XP and Linux on top of the VMware Server. The documentation that comes with the emulators/vmware3 port (in file:///usr/X11R6/lib/vmware/help/index.htm and in /usr/X11R6/share/doc/vmware3/*) doesn't seem to help. I have run "vmware-wizard" to set up a virtual disk and that seems to have worked. When I run vmware (as normal user, not root), I am asked for a license key or serial number. When I went to www.vmware.com (to register and obtain a free serial number), the serial number given me does not work when entered into the GUI window asking for a valid serial number before letting me "in". My confusion is complicated by such terms as: VMware Workstation VMware Server emulators/vmware-guestd[345] emulators/vmware-tools[2345] emulators/vmware2 (marked as deprecated and broken) emulators/vmware3 (vmware3-3.2.1.2242_13,1) and the fact that the "free" VMware Server download at: http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ is labled as: VMware Server (for Windows and Linux systems) Latest Version: 1.0.1 | 8/14/06 | Build 29996 Can someone please clear up my confusion and get me started on the right path to success with VMware Server on FreeBSD, or at least point me in the right direction for some decent documentation that I can follow to a similar success? Thanks! Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu