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From: "Christoph P.U. Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org>
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Subject: how to use FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-i386.vmdk under vmware
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I downloaded a FreeBSD 10.1 vmware image FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-i386.vmdk 
and would like to run it using
VMWARE Workstation 9.x. When starting the vmdk it says that it canot be 
run, I should use the .vmx configuration file instead.

Anyone knowing how to proceed from here?

--
Christoph