diff options
| author | Grant Bowman <grantbow at grantbow dot com> | 2002-12-22 03:53:41 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Grant Bowman <grantbow at grantbow dot com> | 2002-12-22 03:53:41 +0000 |
| commit | 70be0c62d3a26026d9817ffe6def76943fd33e71 (patch) | |
| tree | f52b48d052468774fa620c2ad1395b091094876c | |
| parent | eab0e89b4d3543d07f2dc0b879cd8d0f6c8518bf (diff) | |
none
| -rw-r--r-- | Distrib/VmWare.mdwn | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Distrib/VmWare.mdwn b/Distrib/VmWare.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43a8ee24 --- /dev/null +++ b/Distrib/VmWare.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +GNU won't work in VMware, it hangs when reaching the Hurd bootstrap. + +Note that Vmware is not supported software to run the Hurd on it. Reasons include: + +a) Vmware is not [free software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), which is against our philosophy. + +b) Obtaining a licensed copy to debug it costs (at least) $300. + +c) Vmware's sources and specification are not publicly available, which makes debugging tasks really painful. + +d) GNU is not in [Vmware's official supported operating systems page](http://www.vmware.com/support/ws3/doc/ws32_guestos2.html#1034043). + +We recommend to use [free](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) alternatives, like [[Bochs]]. + +-- [[Main/RobertMillan]] - 23 Jul 2002 |