Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:44:42 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Mail <d_mashenkin@mail.ru> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to install vmware-server on freebsd 7.1 Message-ID: <12380245@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <49F91224.4090708@mail.ru> (Mail's message of "Thu\, 30 Apr 2009 10\:51\:16 %2B0800") References: <49F91224.4090708@mail.ru>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:51:16 +0800 Mail wrote: > Good day to everybody, > I have a problem with installation vmware-server 2 for linux on my > freebsd 7.1. i install it from rpm. before it, i installed > linux_base_f9, load linux.ko, mount linprocfs. You may have problems with FreeBSD-7.1 and linux_base-f9. Welcome to emulation@ mail list. > When i run sudo rpm -i --ignoreos --dbpath /lib/var/rpm --root We don't use linux rpm database, it's behaviour is undefined, untested and unsupported. > /compat/linux vmware-server.XXXX.rpm i get this: > /bin/sh is needed to vmware-server.XXXX.rpm, > but there`s /bin/sh and /compat/linux/bin/sh. > What does it mean, and what i need to do to resolve this problem? You may do it like this: ----- # cd /compat/linux # rpm2cpio your_rpm_file | cpio -id --quiet ----- You'd better create a port and use it to install/deinstall that rpm file. HTH & WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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