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@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Here is a list of some useful hints on using VMware on FreeBSD.
when running a DOS prompt on MS Windows. Hitting Alt+Enter will crash
VMware before you can say "Chuck!"
+- Running VMware as root is NOT the right way to do it. Edit
+/etc/fbtab to obtain the proper permission for the device files that
+you are going to access, then run VMware as a normal user.
+
- Raw disk may not work. Use virtual or plain disk instead.
- The vmware-mount.pl utility does not work. If you want to mount