Are there step-by-step VMWare instructions?

[bsdfsse]

bsdfsse wrote:
> 
> I'm going to try to install vmware2 instead of vmware3.  I put a call in 
> to VMWare to get a 2.0 license.
> 
> I tried everything, I think.  I'm new to FreeBSD, so that is kind of 
> working against me.
> 
> I will now try to dig up how to install vmware2 (I assume I don't have 
> to  make quite some many changes).
> 
> vmware3 kept causing the DMA Read/Write errors when I turned on the vm 
> machine.
> 
> thx

I didn't get very far with vmware2:

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cpq24# cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2
cpq24# make install
===>  Building for vmware2-2.0.4.1142
===> vmmon-only
make -f Makefile.FreeBSD SMP=YES clean && make -f Makefile.FreeBSD SMP=YES
rm -f 
/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only/export_syms 
vmmon_smp.ko vmmon_smp.kld memtrack.o phystrack.o task.o vmx86.o 
driver.o hostif.o linux_emu.o vmnet_linux.o @ machine symb.tmp tmp.o
Warning: Object directory not changed from original 
/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only
@ -> /usr/src/sys
machine -> /usr/src/sys/i386/include
cc -O -pipe 
-I/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only/include 
-I/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only/common

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<<SNIP>>
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/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only/freebsd/driver.c:489: 
warning: 'FreeBSD_Driver_Poll' defined but not used
/usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only/freebsd/driver.c:572: 
warning: 'FreeBSD_Driver_Ioctl' defined but not used
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib/vmmon-only.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2/work/vmware-distrib.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2.
cpq24#

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