On 03/01/2007 12:23, Amos Shapira wrote:
On 03/01/07, *guy keren* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
just a silly question - what is 'VMware 1.0.1'?
I meant "vmware server 1.0.1".
I'm mostly following the ivery simple instructions in
http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_sarge_vmware_server_howto
VMware has many products - most of them have higher current version
numbers.
That's why I kept getting confused about "which bloddy product should I
ACTUALLY use?" and was searched for simple instructions.
other then that - this sounds like a compiler versions mismatch to me -
for some reason, your vmware-thingy is taking gnome libraries from your
system, instead of its own bundled libraries (that's how they handle
other libraries, as you can see from the error message).
Lior Okman's suggestions proved useful and now I'm in the process of
installing Windows under a virtual machine.
why are you trying to use the server edition anyway, and not a
workstation edition? did you verify that the server edition is supposed
to work on more then a limited set of distributions? which server
product is it anyway? they have several...
I'd be glad to be corrected (and hopefully use a less demanding product
that can do the job for me) - my goal right now is to get Windows XP
running on my machine without taking down Debian Etch. My hardware
doesn't support Xen so VMware (let's forget aboput Qemu for the sake of
this discussion) is the only practical way I'm aware of.
I though that the Server is required in order to create Virtual Machines
and once they are created then maybe I can use something less demanding
(in terms of memory/cpu) in order to run them. Is this correct? If so
then is "Workstation" the product I should use to run the created VM's?
This part ("running an existing VM") is not quite covered by the
HowtoForge article I mention above - they just imply that you can/should
use the same Server used to create the VM's.
Thanks,
--Amos
I'm using Ubuntu Edgy and Feisty.
- vmserver 1.0.1 free edition for linux enables you to create and
run vm's. The desktop edition is for windows.
Note that you should download the latest build from vmware site.
- vmplayer enables you just to run vm
- vmserver-mui is the console gui which allows you to control by
gui the vm server. You may use it remotely or locally and its
default port ( I think 908 ) can be changed. It has a version
for linux and windows.
The other software packages are required for advanced usage of vmware.
Every kernel update requires a run of vmware-config.pl which compiles
vmmon module among other things.
kernels 2.6.19 and 2.6.20 require some source changes in vmware.
The compilation complained about missing functions. I just removed the
calls and it seems to work :)
2.6.16 works flawlessly.
I remember updating vmware library using soft links for several
libraries to solve similar problems mentioned by others.
There is ( or used to? ) an annoying bug in the linux version
of the console, which prevents you from using the gui to define
the network setup for each VM and you need to do it manually
or by using the windows' version of the gui.
I tried to use Xen and gave up configuring it so I
moved to Vmware.
Eventually, Xen will rule.
Moish
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