Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 22:44:06 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Micha=B3?= Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Micha? Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>, jehova <tornadox@telnor.net>, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: vmware ask for init directories Message-ID: <20020502204406.GA20362@pasternak.w.lub.pl> In-Reply-To: <20020502224240.GA51177@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <0GVH00GQIXA2PT@email.telnor.net> <20020502161213.GA14404@pasternak.w.lub.pl> <20020502221936.GI47578@genius.tao.org.uk> <20020502203045.GA19812@pasternak.w.lub.pl> <20020502224240.GA51177@genius.tao.org.uk>
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Josef Karthauser [Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:42:40PM +0100]: > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:30:45PM +0200, Micha? Pasternak wrote: > > > > > There should be nothing technically stopping it from running on FreeBSD, > > > it just hasn't been "ported" yet. > > > > Well, I know that there is a possibility, that someone, someday, etc, etc, > > but do I really have to wait? I guess not. > > > > If you really really need to run it you could always help port it. ... or use Linux. > If you search the mailing list there appears to already be some code for > the loadable kernel bits: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=24234+26749+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/freebsd-emulation/20011014.freebsd-emulation > > The bit that's missing is pulling apart the linux install script to > understand how it works and what it does. When I ran the 3.1 binary it > complained that the install script hadn't run and produced a > configuration file; the install script doesn't complete because it's too > linux focussed. IMO it's all about vmware kernel module. -- /* Micha³ Pasternak, http://pasternak.w.lub.pl, +48606570000 */ /* http://www.anti-dmca.org */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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