It sounds like the only problem that may happen with Mandrake 6.1 and VMWare is
the 'Mandrake Custom Kernel'.. though, you can get around this issue by
simply recompiling the kernel with a non-mandrake release stamp on it. You can
get it at kernel.org or any other place that offers it. I plan on doing that
when the final non pre-release of the 2.2.13 kernel is finished... (Or any other
kernel..)
It is not a problem with -mandrake- or -redhat- or any other distribution.. its
all linux.. and the problem is with the kernel.
(I went through the same ordeal with getting my Sound Blaster live to work with
Redhat 6.0 stock release...)
I downloaded a new kernel.. recompiled it to my box.. and I was up and
running.. if you have never recompiled a kernel before, don't let it scare
you .. just read the readme's and you should be off and rolling.. also, if
you compile and copy the image to a floppy.. ('cp
/usr/src/linux/arch/boot/bzImage /dev/floppy')... you can safely experiment with
different configurations without fear of rendering your box bootless... (Shame
on you if you don't have an emergency disk anyways...)
don't let VMWare scare you from using a kick ass distribution such as Mandrake..
Kinda funny how these distributions are starting to hack their kernels tho...
hehehehe
BTW, all this is my opinion.. hehehe...
.mark
Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> At 02:03 PM 10/9/99 +0200, Immanuel Derks wrote:
> >Op Sat, 09 Oct 1999, schreef u:
> >> I've ran VMWARE on a P233 and ran Win95 quite happily. Don't think about
> >> running WIN98 or NT because that will be just too slow.
> >
> >Not entirely correct: The slow dog here is win98, NT in vmware performs the
> >same or better as win95...
>
> that has been my experience. i am currently in limbo, since my SOHO box is
> a dell optiplex 180mhz PPro. Too slow and not enough RAM (only 64MB), so
> anything i run in vmware runs slowly (lotsa paging), but nt seemed an order
> of magnitude faster than win98. i am building a new machine before
> year-end (for tax reasons). i am a little concerned about this mandrake
> 6.1 vs vmware issue. i have mandrake 6.0 and it works fine, but doesn't
> (i've been told) support the AMD K7, which is want i want to run.
