Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> 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.
> ---------------
>
> 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
OK, now I tried it the hard way:
VMware server 1.04 (on Suse 10.3, but this does not matter)
-new Virtual machine
-SUSE Linux
-typical options (which is a 8GB scsi drive)
-I just changed the settings to the CDrom drive to be SUSE 10.3 DVD1 iso
and to not allocate the full harddisk from the start.
It is currently at 75% of a minimal installation that I monitor in my
konqueror via vnc ("vnc=1" was set at a kernel parameter).
So, as Richard says, VMware SERVER definitely runs 10.3 as a virtual
machine.
Kind regards
Eberhard
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