Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:49:35 +1100 From: Terry Sposato <terry@sucked-in.com> To: Jeff Dickens <jeff@seamanpaper.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <47DF740F.90403@sucked-in.com> In-Reply-To: <47DE79BF.7090108@seamanpaper.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCAEIBCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <47DE79BF.7090108@seamanpaper.com>
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