From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 17:30:53 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 D135E16A4A0 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415ED43D45 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:30:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from localhost (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k9PHUmfT094095; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:30:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:30:59 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20061025172246.GL5296@dell> In-Reply-To: <20061025172246.GL5296@dell> X-Face: #X5#Y*q>F:]zT!DegL3z5Xo'^MN[$8k\[4^3rN~wm=s=Uw(sW}R?3b^*f1Wu*.<=?utf-8?q?of=5F4NrS=0A=09P*M/9CpxDo!D6?=)IY1w<9B1jB; tBQf[RU-R<,I)e"$q7N7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610251330.59360.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: orlando@break.net Subject: Re: 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 17:30:54 -0000 On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:22, William Bulley wrote: > 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. The vmware3 port is an old version of the VMware workstation product. You need a license from VMware in order to be able to run it. I don't know if or how well it works on FreeBSD 6, but I have used it successfully on FreeBSD 4.x with an eval. license. > 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. That would be nice, but... > 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 "Last-generation" VMware product for non-enterprise use. > VMware Server "Current-generation" free VMware product for non-enterprise use on Windows or Linux. > emulators/vmware-guestd[345] > emulators/vmware-tools[2345] For use with FreeBSD as a guest under old versions of VMware. > emulators/vmware2 (marked as deprecated and broken) Broken. > emulators/vmware3 (vmware3-3.2.1.2242_13,1) Used to work if you have a license. > 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 VMware Server is a new product that currently has no support for FreeBSD as a host operating system. > 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! In order of preference: either use VMware Server on a Linux host, use a different virtualization/emulation product (such as qemu) on FreeBSD, or track down (I don't know if you can still buy them) a license for the Linux version VMware Workstation 3 and give it a go, using an older branch of FreeBSD if necessary. JN