Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:42:36 +0100 From: Geir Svalland <g.svalland@telia.com> To: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org>, Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare licensing file problem. Message-ID: <200402061642.36878.g.svalland@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <1982557.1076080071627.JavaMail.root@thecount.psp.pas.earthlink.net> References: <1982557.1076080071627.JavaMail.root@thecount.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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Hi Sean. Thx a lot for your answer. Helped me a lot. / Geir. On Friday 06 February 2004 16.07, Sean Welch wrote: > Version 2 of VmWare is no longer sold so the evaluation license you > got is most likely for version 4 (which does not run on FreeBSD yet). > The confusion results from the fact that with version 2 you got a > license file but starting with version 3 (which DOES run under > FreeBSD) you are only supplied with a "key" which is to be entered > into a form in the VmWare gui once it has been started (there is a > register menu or some such). > > I'm affraid you are out of luck with vmware2 unless you can manage to > locate a license file somewhere. > > It is still possible to find boxed copies of version 3 online (check > ebay and such) and that version will run on either 4-STABLE or 5.1 > and higher. I'm currently running it under a patched 4.9-RELEASE and > also under 5.2-RELEASE. > > Sean > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >----------------- > > > Hi everybody. > > I have a problem with the vmware licensing file > > after installing the vmware2 port. > > I've received an e-mail with the evaluation key, copied it into > > /home/user/.vmware, named it license2.0 but it don't seem to work. > > The message I get is that there is no valid license for this > > version of VMware workstation. > > After checking at vmware's website and reading troubleshooting > > instructions, it seems like there should have been an atachment > > with a licencefile to the mail I received, but there was none. > > Just a 30 days evolution license-key. > > Anybody have any clues ? > > > > TIA > > Regards > > Geir Svalland
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