Thanks Oliver I can just get the i386 vmware version and should install and run. Last question is there a x86_64 bit Linux module? Is one I'm development?
Sent from my iPod On Aug 7, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Oliver Fromme <o...@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > Sorry for the late reply, I don't have much time currently. > > Maybe someone else from the -questions list can jump in, > because I don't have much experience with vmware (I prefer > qemu or virtual box). > > Paul Lambert <eb30...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. I am attaching the bash output from the shell >> script. This script implements RPMs so I am sure that I need the linux >> module. I had previously found a guide on how to install RPMs on FreeBSD. >> I have a printer that has an RPM that allows it to work on Linus. So I >> would think that I will need the Linux module in the future. >> >> I previously had made the "stat" change to the shell script and that part >> works. But, the bash shell is reporting an 'od" error. >> >> Finally, how much performance do you lose with the linux module emulator? > > Not much, probably none at all. Some people even say that > Linux binaries run faster on FreeBSD than they run on Linux, > because they benefit from the better network code and VM > system. > > Anyway, the "linuxulator" isn't really an emulator, it's > rather an ABI-level compatibility layer, very similar to > the i386 (32bit) compatibility layer on FreeBSD/amd64 (64bit). > >> Do you believe I only need the emulator to get VMware installed or will it >> make other linux calls that are not part of FreeBSD? > > I'm afraid you won't be able to install vmware this way. > I suggest you look at the emulator/vmware* ports in the > ports collection. > >> BRSINC-VM02# bash -vx VMware-Player-3.1.0-261024.x86_64.bundle >> [...] >> # XXX: put extraction in its own function >> MAGIC_NUMBER=`od -An -t u4 -N 4 -aj >> $MAGIC_OFFSET "$file" | tr -d ' '` > > There's a bogus line break which is causing this particular > parsing error. Either join the lines, or put a backslash > at the end of the first line (behind -aj). > > But I'm afraid this is the smallest of the problems. > I suspect you won't be able to get this script to run > correctly on FreeBSD, because it seems to do too many > linux-specific things. > > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- > chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > "And believe me, as a C++ programmer, I don't hesitate to question > the decisions of language designers. After a decent amount of C++ > exposure, Python's flaws seem ridiculously small." -- Ville Vainio _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
