vmware 3.0

[cdhgold]

i ahve downloaded and isntalled vmware3.0 and when i run vmware & it tells me i have to run vmware-config.pl and i do not knwo how to so this help please

chris

[voidmain]

This is true, and you have to do it as "root".  Open a shell prompt and "su -" then type "vmware-config.pl" and it should ask you a series of questions and configure your kernel modules accordingly.  

Note of warning, if you are running the latest version of RedHat (7.2) it's going to be a little tricky because the VMware kernel modules will have to be compiled and this task is a little harder than it should be for 7.2.  If you need help let me know. In fact it might just be easiest for me to send you a copy of the compiled modules (maybe they have them on VMware's site by now).

HINT on the vmware-config.pl: use "Bridged Networking" not "Host Only" if you want your virtual machines to be able to have their own IP address and be their own machine.

[cdhgold]

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
This is true, and you have to do it as "root".  Open a shell prompt and "su -" then type "vmware-config.pl" and it should ask you a series of questions and configure your kernel modules accordingly.  

Note of warning, if you are running the latest version of RedHat (7.2) it's going to be a little tricky because the VMware kernel modules will have to be compiled and this task is a little harder than it should be for 7.2.  If you need help let me know. In fact it might just be easiest for me to send you a copy of the compiled modules (maybe they have them on VMware's site by now).

HINT on the vmware-config.pl: use "Bridged Networking" not "Host Only" if you want your virtual machines to be able to have their own IP address and be their own machine.

your right i did what you said and i wanted to recomplie but said it couldn't find a compliier

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by cdhgold:
your right i did what you said and i wanted to recomplie but said it couldn't find a compliier

I was able to get it working fairly quickly, however I have a *lot* of experience with Linux and with programming. I think if you were using RedHat 7.1 you would not have had a problem but VMware is a little slow on distributing versions for the latest distro releases. The first thing you are *definately* going to have to do is install your compiler from the RPMS on your CD. Install all the *gcc* rpms and *glibc* rpms, and install the kernel-headers*.rpm. However, I would not suggest installing the kernel-source.*.rpm that is on CD but install the exact source for the kernel that RedHat 7.2 installs. I assume you are running kernel version 2.4.7-10 with RedHat 7.2. So download and install:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.7-10.src.rpm

I would also suggest configuring/building/installing a kernel from this source (set processor type to your processor, and set memory limit to 1GB (if you have 1GB or less of RAM). I can also explain how to do this in a later note if you can't get it.

Then rather than giving you step by step instructions look through the VMware news groups for items regarding RedHat 7.2 and VMware 3.0.  As a last resort I will give you step by step instructions but it would take me some time to go back through everything I had to do to get it working.  I would appreciate it if you could try and research/resolve the installation issues on your own first.

You can find the VMware news groups here:

http://news://news.vmware.com

Let me know, and it may seem like a real pain to get going but it's definately worth it, you'll see.

Once you get the kernel built up and installed correctly and get the compiler installed correctly you will end up running the vmware-config.pl script again. It will complain that you are using a compiler that hasn't been tested but use it anyway, it works. You may have to change a couple of the paths where it's looking for kernel headers etc.  Again, if you get the compiler installed and the kernel built and installed, you have the major part accomplished.

Good luck!!!!

[voidmain]

Actually what looks the most promising for you is to first make sure your compiler is installed as mentioned above, but instead of installing the kernel as I mention go to the http://news://news.vmware.com news server as mentioned above and look in the news group "vmware.for-linux.configuration" and look for the last message in the thread "Upgrading to Red Hat 7.2".  Looks like the most promising and easiest instructions.

Good luck!

[cdhgold]

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
Actually what looks the most promising for you is to first make sure your compiler is installed as mentioned above, but instead of installing the kernel as I mention go to the http://news://news.vmware.com news server as mentioned above and look in the news group "vmware.for-linux.configuration" and look for the last message in the thread "Upgrading to Red Hat 7.2".  Looks like the most promising and easiest instructions.

Good luck!

thansk for the inof i will do some researchon my own from here appreciate your time and the info thanks again

chris