Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 11:24:07 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Fabio Miranda Hamburger <fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Vmware Misc questions Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305131120300.24893-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305121457240.23686-100000@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr>
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On Mon, 12 May 2003, Fabio Miranda Hamburger wrote: > Hi, I am running 4,8-stable and I installed vmware. > I have to following qwuestions. > 1. vmware asks me for a license of the version and tell me to place it in > .vmware directory with a filename license, Where Can I get that lincese? > If I type www.vmweare.com/license_linux I go to a vmware store and I want > to use the free license if possible. vmware's a commercial product. > 2. I want to emulate Windows XP, where do i have to place the instalation > files? VMware can be configured to enable the virtual machine to utilise your CD drive just like it belonged to the virtual machine; so you sohuld just be able to boot off your windows XP install CD. > 3. What are the init files of vmware? where can i place configuration > variables? It's got a GUI configuation tool built in; each virtual machine also has an editable .ini file in its associated directory. For some things you need to edit this file (eg, fixing the vm's mac address) > 4. where can i get information about vmware on linux?, vmware.com just > looks like a comercial site, very far from opensource philosophy. however, > vmware is such a big usefull system. Useful enough to pay cash for? If so, you need to buy a license. Otherwise, you probably want to explore alternatives such as Wine or Plex86. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Ever see something and think, "I've gotta leverage me some of that?" Odds are, you were looking at a synergy and didn't even know it.
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