Thanks. I've got /dev/rtc and the vmware message went away. Still no luck in getting the virtual windows XP machine installed. But that seems like a question for vmware support.
-- Valmor de Almeida > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:27:21 -0500 > Valmor de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > host high-resolution timer device is no currently > > available (/dev/rtc). > > > > The actual message is a longer but this is the > > essence of it. My system does not have this device. > > I am running devfsd but I am not very familiar with it. > > Shouldn't it create /dev/rtc by default? > > No. With devfsd it will be there once your kernel has rtc-support. > > > The vmware web site says that > > > > * The real-time clock function must be compiled into your Linux kernel. > > * VMware Workstation for Linux requires that the parallel port PC-style > > hardware option (CONFIG_PARPORT_PC) be built and loaded as a kernel mod > ule > > (that is, it must be set to m when the kernel is compiled). > > > > I did the second configuration but I do not know exactly how to > > do the first (real-time clock function). > > Set "CONFIG_RTC=y" in your kernel-config. > > -- > Dennis Freise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
