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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org