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Date:      Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:36:46 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        David von Stetten <stetten@gi.alaska.edu>, Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vmware and FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <19991203173646.22929@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <99120322564405.01814@goliath>; from David von Stetten on Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 10:48:11PM %2B0100
References:  <19991202213517.58671@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <99120322564405.01814@goliath>

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On Friday,  3 December 1999 at 22:48:11 +0100, David von Stetten wrote:
> 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....

On the other hand, consider that there could be problems with the
dreaded ".0" release.  We're not going to recommend 4.0 for
mission-critical work.

> So just to make this as clear as possible: vmware for linux is going to
> run on this 4.0-RELEASE, right?

I believe so.

> Well, certainly an argument in favor of
> installing again... :-)
> What would be the odds for installing it on top on 3.3?

I don't know.  I haven't investigated the problems.

Greg
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