Richard Creighton wrote:
> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>> I am running the latest 5.5.x vmware on OpenUSUE 10.0. I want to install
>> OpenSUSE 10.3 as a client. Every time I try, the 10.3 install takes me
>> to a character screen where I can set up partitions and all. Obviously
>> there is something missing in the vmware environment. I choose a
>> Linux/SUSE type client OS when setting up for the install. I am
>> installing from a DVD ISO image file mounted on 10.0. Anyone installed
>> 10.3 this way? I need to do some tests in preparation for implementing
>> 10.3.
>>
>>
> I never tried it with 10.0 but VMWare Server 5.5 works very well under
> 10.2 with everything I've tried to use as a client including 10.3 (all
> alpha and beta versions as well as GM) RedHat, Gentoo, XP, 2000, 98 and
> DOS. When I upgraded my machine to 10.3, VMWare Server refused to work
> initially but I installed a patch
>
> "vmware-any-any-patch" or something like that and from then on, it also
> worked without flaw.
> The Workstation version of VMWare does not (last I heard) currently
work with 10.3 kernels
>(larger than 2.6.18 I think it is) so try the SERVER version (possibly
with patch if you are
>using 10.3 as a host) which also happens to be free in non-commercial
environments.
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Imho, this is not correct. Afaik, VMware server is free, for private use
and in commercial environments, as well.
I tried the VirtualBox solution I've seen offered but it is nowhere near
VMWare IMO though it
has a lot of good features and will certainly improve with time.
>
> As to your problem, I can only hazzard a guess;
>10.3 is pretty resource hungry and leaves a bit to be desired when it comes to
>detecting some hardware,
>is it possible your virtual machine is just too anemic for a full graphics
>install, especially memory?
>I have had no problem with graphical 10.3 installations under VMWare
>Workstation when I allocate enough VM resources.
>I use VM to test all alpha/beta versions of SuSE BEFORE I trust it to a real
>machine.
Maybe it also helps to set "vnc=1" as a kernel parameter and then
connect with vnc to the machine that is momentarily installed.
Please adjust your line length. It is a real pain to manually trim your
answer,
at least for me.
Kind regards
Eberhard
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