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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:48:34 +1000
From:      andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
To:        "Christoph P.U. Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: how to use FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-i386.vmdk under vmware
Message-ID:  <20150622154834.GB92373@ozzmosis.com>
In-Reply-To: <55880BF7.3040106@kukulies.org>
References:  <55880BF7.3040106@kukulies.org>

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On Mon 2015-06-22 15:21:59 UTC+0200, Christoph P.U. Kukulies (kuku@kukulies.org) wrote:

> 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?

The vmdk file is a disk image.

You need to create a VM first in VMware, then attach the vmdk as a
hard drive.



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