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Subject: re: vmware3 tips and observations
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Mike Hoskins wrote:
> i've got to be missing something, otherwise this just seems like a huge
> chicken and egg scenario.  it seems i can't even generate the
> license.ws.3.0 file without already having a license.

FWIW, i think the idea is that you should always have some license...  at
least an eval license...  before running/configuring the product.  after
finding this old article,

http://soupnazi.org/freebsdzine/200102/vmware2.php

i now recall the procedure from the 2.0 days...  i had to download an eval
license from vmware's website, then i could proceed.  the problem now, of
course, is that we can no longer request 3.0 eval licenses.

thankfully, the problem has been worked around.

-mrh

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