From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Aug 7 12:14: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8538037B792 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:13:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.89.172]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000807191347.NVPP26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 20:13:47 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA02953; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 20:13:33 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 20:13:33 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Robert Withrow Cc: John Reynolds , emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? Message-ID: <20000807201333.L254@parish> References: <200008071501.LAA09426@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200008071501.LAA09426@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:01:04AM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:01:04AM -0400, Robert Withrow wrote: > > marko@freebsd.org said: > :- I originally built it with the latest port (Makefile rev 1.20) but in > :- another thread here it implied/suggested that the previous Makefile > :- (rev 1.19) may be better, so I grabbed that and tried it - no > :- different. > > I'm guessing that 4.1-RC is not supported by *any* version of the > VMWare port... But you'd need to check with the maintainer for sure. > > Comment: I know I sound like a broken record, but it would be much > better if the VMWare port were configured so that all *released* versions > of FBSD >= 4.0, at least, were supported. I'm not smart enough to > do the work myself, but I can volunteer to test versions on 4.0 Rel. > Well, FWIW, I just re-installed it using the latest port (Makefile rev 1.20 and build 621 of vmware) on a 4.1-Stable build just after 4.1-R was made and it works just fine. FreeBSD parish 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Sun Aug 6 14:32:43 BST 2000 root@parish:/usr/src/sys/compile/PARISH i386 > -- > Robert Withrow -- (+1 978 288 8256) > BWithrow@BayNetworks.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message