EL4 ES kernel recompile

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon May 9 05:01:15 UTC 2005



Dave Francis wrote:
> Hi Ed.
> 
> Yeah, I tried the instructions. Initially I had a very slow clock. I added
> the noapic, nosmp, nolapic etc, and then my clock was running fast. Tried
> the clock=pmtmr ontop of that, and didn't help. 
> 
> I cant get the vmware tools to install properly, so I cant sync off the host
> clock. Vmware tools cause X to not boot. So my last chance is to try the
> hz=100 option.
> 
> Did you get the vmware tools installed properly?

Yes, but only with the new Workstation 5.  The 4.5 series fails as you 
have noted.  I think I had to use clock=pit.  I'm max'ed out on VM's at 
the moment so I can't boot to check.




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