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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:40:19 -0500
From:      Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VMware3 Stuff
Message-ID:  <2770000.1063914019@[192.168.0.5]>
In-Reply-To: <3F73D208@webmail.ksu.edu>
References:  <3F73D208@webmail.ksu.edu>

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Hi jrf4772,

--On Thursday, September 18, 2003 02:26:25 PM -0500 jrf4772 
<jrf4772@ksu.edu> wrote:

> I am trying to install the vmware3 port.
>
> osage# uname -a
> FreeBSD osage.telecom.ksu.edu 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Aug
> 21  23:27:06 CDT 2003
> root@osage.telecom.ksu.edu:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/OSAGE  i386
> osage# pwd
> /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3
> osage# make install
> ===>  vmware3-3.2.1-2237_1 is marked as broken: Kernel source files
> required.
>
> okay, fine, the source files ARE installed
>
> /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3/Makefile line 40 says:
> SRC_BASE?=	/usr/src
>
> shouldn't that be:
> SRC_BASE?=	/usr/src/sys
>
>
> anyway, i did that, it compiled and starts up. just letting anyone who
> may  care know about it.

Well I'll be darned.. that was going to be one of my questions about 
installing VMWare... although VMW is up to Version 4.02 now... Amazing.

Did you have to install vmware_xf4mod-1.0 port first?


-- 
Gary



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