VMWare 2.0

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rpm -i -vv
root@:~/ vmware-config.pl yes, as root

This system appears to have a CIFS/SMB server (Samba) configured for normal use. If this server is intended to run, you need to make sure that it will not conflict with the Samba server setup on the private network (the one that we use to share the host filesystem). Please check your /etc/smb.conf file so that:

The "interfaces" line does not contain "172.16.144.1/255.255.255.0"
There is a "socket address" line that contains only your real host IP address

Hit enter to continue.

Starting VMware services:
  Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]
  Virtual bidirectional parallel port                     [  OK  ]
  Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]
  Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                       [  OK  ]
  Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)        [  OK  ]

You have successfully configured VMware to allow your Virtual Machines to access the host filesystem. Would you like to add a username and password for accessing your host filesystem at this time? (yes/no/help) [yes]

Your X server does not support the XKEYBOARD extension. The keyboard indicator lights will not work correctly without this feature.

You are running a "2.2.14-5.0" kernel. There is a known issue with this specific RedHat kernel that can cause corruption of memory on a system wide level under heavy load, such as when running VMware Workstation.

We recommend you upgrade your kernel. See

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2000013-01.html

Edit the config

A plain disk can be created using the Configuration Editor. The Configuration Wizard does not yet have the ability to create plain disks.

You must have access rights to the disk and partitions you select. Set the device group membership or device ownership. The master raw disk device(s) needs to be readable and writable by the user who runs VMware. On most distributions, the raw devices (such as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb) belong to group-id disk. If this is the case, you can add VMware users to the disk group. Another option is to change the owner of the device. See

http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/rawdisk_linux.html http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/plaindisk_linux.html

Creating a Plain Disk based on a Hard Disk Partition

Create a virtual machine using the Configuration Wizard. When creating the virtual machine, specify that it uses a virtual disk, any will do.

Use the Configuration Editor to tell the virtual machine to use the Plain Disk.

Select IDE drives. Then highlight the drive that corresponds to the
virtual disk you set up in step 1. (The default for IDE is P-M.) In the
right-hand panel, the Name field shows the path to the file containing the
virtual disk. Change this to a file name for the plain disk file (by
convention, the plain disk file name has an extension of .pln), and click
Create.

As described above, choose to base the plain disk on partitions. In the partitions panel, make sure that the partitions that you want to access from the Virtual Machine are writable. The other partitions should be set to read only or deleted.

There will be one or more files include in the list along with
the partitions. These files hold data from the disk that lies
outside any partition. These are set to read only by default.
The first file in the list is the master boot record, and if you
plan to install an operating system or boot loader in the
Virtual Machine, this will need to be writable.

When the partition panel is satisfactory, click OK. The plain
disk is now created.

Exit the Configuration Editor, and power on the virtual machine.
If there is an operating system already installed in the partition, then it should boot up.

documented on: 2001.01.04