On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 11:30 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2005, Robert Locke wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 23:29 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > >> On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:12 +1000, Yuandan Zhang wrote: > >>> I have got vmware-any-any-update90.tar.gz for vmware-config. I corrently > >>> have vmware-waorkstation 4.5.1. Not sure if I can get 4.5.2 free? > >> > >> Yuandan, > >> > >> Yes, you can update to v4.5.2 for free if you have a 20-character serial > >> number for v4.x. Watch for v5 to be released very soon. Everything I > >> hear about it is good -- particularly its memory management for multiple > >> virtual machines. > >> > > > > Actually VMWare Workstation 5 has been released and is a $99 upgrade for > > people with v4 serial numbers.... I've bought it but haven't had time > > to dare the upgrade..... One of these weekends.... > > It's dead easy. Just upgrade the RPM, rerun vmware-config.pl and then > upgrade the VM hardware and reinstall vmware-tools. > Hey Matthew, Just a nervous Nelly.... I only like upgrading stuff I care about when I have time to do full backups, etc. Been a while since I backed up the whole VM (done the data of course regularly).... Slightly off-topic question for this list, but when the VM hardware upgrades does it tick off the Windows activation crap? --Rob
