On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:17:59PM +0100, Rönnblom Janåke /Teknous wrote: > >Thanks for reporting the result of your test. Could you try to use the > >linux-virtual kernel instead of the generic one ? How did you install > >the guest ? > > I used the alpha cd image for my initial install in december 2007. I have a > few > other > hardys running in ESX also and those I did install for the latest alpha 4.
Just to make things complete, were you using the ubuntu-server image ? > The server is an ESX 3.0.2 and I also have an ESX 3.5 availible which I'll try > later. Im > running the guest in 32 bit for now but can test with 64 on the ESX 3.5. For > the NIC driver > Im using pcnet32 and atleast in 3.5 you can manually shift to e1000. I'll also > be able to > try this later on. That would be awesome. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a > Linux hardy 2.6.24-7-virtual #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 02:39:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > But what are the difference between the "normal" kernel and the "virtual" one? The virtual flavour of the kernel is a stripped down version of the kernel. It doesn't include all the drivers. By "normal", do you refer to the -server flavour ? There is also a -generic flavour, used by the desktop cds. > However the vmware-tools are not availible in hardy as far as I can see. I'll > try and compile them > myself and see if I'll fail as miserably as last time I tried it ;) The vmware tools are available under the open-vm-tools package, which is in universe. You may also wanna try JeOS [1], which a stripped down version Ubuntu targeted for virtual guests. [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOS -- Mathias Gug Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
