If you have the resources ESX is a far better solution, but its $$, compared
to vmware server, for $0.
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From: Arthur Sherman [mailto:cobalt-list (at mark) compros.co.il]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:54 PM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:04582] Re: (BQ) OT - vmware on centos
all right, this is good enough.
i'll switch to esx server. :)
thanks a lot
Arthur
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From: Jeff Scott [mailto:jeff (at mark) skislave.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:26 AM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:04576] Re: (BQ) OT - vmware on centos
I have been experimenting a lot with vmware server and BQ lately. I am
running the CentOS 4.2 Server CD Distro, with minimal install, then add gcc
and compat-db with yum, and it works great. However, I have found if you
use yum to update the kernel, the vmmon kernel module no longer builds. (I
have not verified this with Beta 2 yet.). I think at the moment vmware
server beta is very kernel specific. It builds great with the stock kernel
off the CD. Also, same is true for guest OSes, if you run a guest OS with
an unsupported kernel, the vmware tools will not install.
You can install the kernel headers, and gcc manually, and get it to attempt
to compile, but I have not been successful. It fails at some point during
the compile. I traced the problem till blue in the face. And kept coming
back to "you are running an unsupported distro".
So, in short, CentOS 4.2 without any kernel updates seems to run great as
the HOST. I did not any luck running BQ-CentOS as the HOST for the same
reasons above, but then again, that's probably not a good setup anyway.
Good Luck.
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From: Arthur Sherman [mailto:cobalt-list (at mark) compros.co.il]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:03 PM
To: cobaltfacts (at mark) list.cobaltfacts.com; cobalt-users (at mark) lists.qbalt.com
Cc: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:04570] (BQ) OT - vmware on centos
hi,
i am trying to expand a bit my test server by installing vmware server on
centos.
kinda strange behaviour during installation, like i have nuonce gcc
installed (thanks again, Brian!) and vmware doesn't see it, and yum also.
and it asks me about, "What is the location of the directory of C header
files that match your running
kernel?" and i can not find it.
how could i overcome this?
thanks
Arthur
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