Virtual Multi-OS Server

[David Abrahams]

Alan McKinnon <alan at linuxholdings.co.za> writes:

> There's at least one gotcha I forgot to mention. I assume you know
> your way around the box, but the vmware product is new to you. If
> I'm wrong, strip out the bits you already know:

Heh, I probably know less than you think.  I don't have the box yet
(it's being shipped here).

> vmware delivers a pre-compiled binary (essentially closed source) and 
> a collection of open source kernel drivers for the host OS. These get 
> compiled as part of the config step and if you do this on 2.6.16 you 
> get an odd error that the headers have the wrong version or some such 
> thing. (It's been a while, I forget the details).
>
> There's a change in 2.6.16 which breaks the install script and you 
> need to patch vmware to get it to work. Google will find it for you, 
> about 300k, the one I used is vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz

Good to know.  I'll keep this message for when I get to that point.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com