Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:48:11 +0100 From: David von Stetten <stetten@gi.alaska.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware and FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <99120322564405.01814@goliath> References: <19991202213517.58671@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: > On Thursday, 2 December 1999 at 14:27:03 -0700, Darren Wiebe wrote: > > David von Stetten wrote: > >> > >> Hello everybody.... > >> > >> When I read a couple of days ago that the linux version of vmware now runs > >> on FreeBSD I got all excited, but then I noticed that this was only the > >> case for -current. I am using FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE, so I was wondering if > >> there would be any way to get vmware to run on this version? Maybe by > >> pgrading the linux emulator or something.... > >> > >> Any comments on the subject would be highly appreciated! :-) > > > > Wishing exactly what I am... You could probably update to current. I > > tried upgrading but I cannot get it to build, I guess that means that I > > should not be running it yet... I should tell you to go to -current > > because the handbooks says NEVER to do it just for new toys... :-) It > > would take a bit of work to get it to work I think. It could probably > > be done in -stable, I don't know about 3.3 release though... > > Before you get too worried about the situation, consider that > 4.0-RELEASE is scheduled for 15 January 2000. That's good to know! Even though I just got done installing 3.3-RELEASE, dammit.... So just to make this as clear as possible: vmware for linux is going to run on this 4.0-RELEASE, right? Well, certainly an argument in favor of installing again... :-) What would be the odds for installing it on top on 3.3? Thanks, David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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