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Thank you for downloading VMware 2.0 for Linux.

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1. UP TO DATE INFORMATION

 Please visit http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/beta_linux for the most
 up to date information on obtaining a license, downloading the software and
 what's new in the release.

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2. INSTALLING VMWARE FOR LINUX 

 Please visit http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/quickstart_linux/ for
 help getting started installing VMware.

 At the time of this release the Linux host operating systems officially
 supported by VMware are --

      Caldera 1.3, 2.2 and 2.3
      Red Hat 5.x and 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2
      SuSE 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3

 For a complete list of guest operating systems supported by VMware see
 http//www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/guest_list.html.

 VMware will run on some other Linux distributions and versions; however, it
 may require some expertise to correctly install and configure VMware on these
 systems.
 
 If you are running on an Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP) host system,
 VMware will fail to run unless you are using a Linux 2.2.x kernel.

 VMware absolutely requires glibc support on the host operating system. Errors
 such as "no such file or directory" when trying to run vmware, even though the
 'vmware' executable is installed, is a symptom of not having glibc support or
 of having incorrectly installed or damaged dynamic libraries.  Some Linux
 operating systems (including Caldera 1.3) do not install glibc support as
 standard, check the documentation for your distribution.

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3. GETTING HELP

 For help trouble shooting, please consult the information on our Web site at 
 http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/troubleshooting/

 VMware hosts a series of newsgroups, including discussions of problems, for
 VMware users from a news server at news.vmware.com. See
 http://www.vmware.com/support/using/newsgroups.html.

 Support for VMware 2.0 for Linux is available
 free of charge to registered users. Please visit
 http://www.vmware.com/support/support.html for information on VMware
 support and how to report problems with VMware 2.0 for Linux.

 VMware especially wants to know about fatal errors with messages
 like "NOT IMPLEMENTED" or "ASSERT".  These failures will typically
 be associated with a file coding like F(123):456, or else with an
 offset like "Assert failed at 0x987654".  If you get a message like
 "Bug F(123):456 BugNr=789" then this failure is associated with a bug
 that VMware is already aware of. In either case, please open a problem
 incident report at http://www5.vmware.com/forms/Incident_Login.cfm
 and include the log file and vmware-core core file if a core file was
 generated. The log file will either be named vmware-log or 
 <config file>.log where <config file> is the name you gave to your 
 VMware configuration.

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