8.2 x86-64 and vmware 4.x?
Hello und Servus! I would like to install VMWare v4.0 on a linux box (dual opteron) running SuSE v. 8.2. The VMWare installation script chokes on the differences between the running kernel and the header files. Are the header files for the SMP kernel available? thanks, Rich
Rich McClellan <richmc@chemistry.ucsc.edu> writes:
Hello und Servus!
I would like to install VMWare v4.0 on a linux box (dual opteron) running SuSE v. 8.2. The VMWare installation script chokes on the differences between the running kernel and the header files. Are the header files for the SMP kernel available?
I don't think that VMware will run directly on a 64-bit kernel - but please try yourself. The Header files are - as requested by Linus - available if you install the kernel-source package via /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include The headers in /usr/include are always a sanitzed version and only usable for userland applications, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Hi. Question: Are you trying to install VMWare on SuSE 8.2 (32 Bit) or the latest 8.2 Beta 9 with 64 Bit extensions? Remember that the 8.2 Beta 9 is.... a BETA... VMWare might be chocking on that little problem. Because I've seen reports of VMWare running just fine on SLES8 .... Maybe Andreas can give us some insights. Sincerely, Thorsten Saturday, August 9, 2003, 7:42:35 AM, you wrote: AJ> Rich McClellan <richmc@chemistry.ucsc.edu> writes:
Hello und Servus!
I would like to install VMWare v4.0 on a linux box (dual opteron) running SuSE v. 8.2. The VMWare installation script chokes on the differences between the running kernel and the header files. Are the header files for the SMP kernel available?
AJ> I don't think that VMware will run directly on a 64-bit kernel - but AJ> please try yourself. AJ> The Header files are - as requested by Linus - available if you AJ> install the kernel-source package via /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include AJ> The headers in /usr/include are always a sanitzed version and only AJ> usable for userland applications, AJ> Andreas -- Best regards, Thorsten mailto:t_wolf@gmx.de
Thorsten Wolf <t_wolf@gmx.de> writes:
Hi.
Question:
Are you trying to install VMWare on SuSE 8.2 (32 Bit) or the latest 8.2 Beta 9 with 64 Bit extensions?
Remember that the 8.2 Beta 9 is.... a BETA... VMWare might be chocking on that little problem. Because I've seen reports of VMWare running just fine on SLES8 ....
Maybe Andreas can give us some insights.
I was always under the assumption that VMware will not work under a 64-bit kernel but never looked closer at this. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Andreas, you are indeed correct regarding VMWare and a 64-bit kernel. From the VMWare website (http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_specs.html),"VMware Workstation 4 is supported only on host processors and host operating systems running in 32-bit mode; processors and operating systems running in 64-bit mode are not supported." Bummer. Andi, aside from the 64-bit issue and regarding the differences between the "installed" headers and the running kernel which breaks the VMWare install: this is something I've come up against in the past with SMP x86 machines. A kernel rebuild solved the problem then. I will revert to a 32-bit version of Linux until there is a production version of Linux and VMWare support. Thanks for the prompt, helpful feedback everyone. tausend dank, Rich Andreas Jaeger wrote:
Rich McClellan <richmc@chemistry.ucsc.edu> writes:
Hello und Servus!
I would like to install VMWare v4.0 on a linux box (dual opteron) running SuSE v. 8.2. The VMWare installation script chokes on the differences between the running kernel and the header files. Are the header files for the SMP kernel available?
I don't think that VMware will run directly on a 64-bit kernel - but please try yourself.
The Header files are - as requested by Linus - available if you install the kernel-source package via /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
The headers in /usr/include are always a sanitzed version and only usable for userland applications,
Andreas
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 07:06:19PM -0700, Rich McClellan wrote:
I would like to install VMWare v4.0 on a linux box (dual opteron) running SuSE v. 8.2. The VMWare installation script chokes on the differences between the running kernel and the header files. Are the header files for the SMP kernel available?
You will probably need to do some porting of the vmware kernel module (which is included as source with vmware) for that. I think it would be possible to get it running in theory, but it is probably some work. Basically the in kernel module has to be 64bit clean and long mode aware, but offer an 32bit emulation interface to the vmware user space binary. -Andi
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