Yahoo! VMware Server Finally Installed!
Kevin J. Cummings
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Fri Aug 22 16:54:51 UTC 2008
Gene Poole wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I finally got my VMware Server 1.0.6 installed on Fedora 8!
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> 1. I followed the instructions I found on
> http://fedorasolved.org/server-solutions/vmserver-install -
> exactly including the one-liner for Fedora 9. I rebooted the
> machine and then removed the kernel-devel that didn't match the
> uname -r listed in step 8.
Probably because I think the last few (6?) Fedora 8 kernels are now
2.6.25 kernels, when the previous ones were 2.6.24 kernels. So, now F8
and F9 need the same changes? Perhaps the FedoraSolved page needs updating?
> 2. When it failed at step 32 (as it had in the past), I then
> performed the process listed in 'Doing the work' steps 1 and 1
> (not a mistake, there is no step 2) and applied the patch for the
> vmnet-only.
> 3. I then executed the vmware-config.pl found in /usr/bin
>
>
> All seems to be working except in KDE3, the VMware Server Console wasn't
> added to the menus
>
> Thanks for everyone's help!
> Gene Poole
Glad you got it working!
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Kevin J. Cummings
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