On 2/14/06, VaibhaV Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thaths wrote: > >My /dev/hda1 is ntfs, FWIW. Damn! I just realized that this may not > >work. Linux natively does not support writing to NTFS. And so I assume > >VMWare running on Linux will also not be able to write to the NTFS > >partition. Phooey!! > AFAIK, vmware does a raw disk read instead of going through the kernel. > So, I dont think thats the problem.
I think you are right. I think there is still a chance. > Need to dig through vmware forums to figure this one out .... later this > week. :) I found http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246371-highlight-ntfs%20vmware.html It might be that I need to configure grub with the right disk geometry. Will let you guys know how it went. BTW, the user running vmware server must belong to a group that has write permissions to the device. i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=1000(schandra) gid=1000(schandra) groups=4(adm),6(disk),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(lpadmin),105(scanner),106(admin),1000(schandra) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/hda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 2006-02-14 06:29 hda Thaths -- "Bart! With $10,000 we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things... like love." -- Homer J. Simpson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
