Hi Kwame, Glad to be of help. Also, I don't usually monitor list or list related messages very often, so please understand if I don't respond immediately.
I do not understand why you have a MAC address conflict, unless you are trying to boot a guest OS that has been run natively. If you give more details, perhaps I can help. Also, this may not be the appropriate forum for specific vmware related issues, although I suppose getting it working under LTSP is. So, say more about your error with exact details. Best regards, ---Venkat. At 11:21 AM 2/15/2002 +0100, kwame amedodji wrote: >Great ! >Its exactely what i am loooking for... > >However, i have conflict with MAC adresse ! >May be have i to deal with DHCP not with a fixes ip >addresses. > >Thanks you, >Kwame > > --- Venkat Manakkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > >At 08:25 PM 2/14/2002 +0100, kwame amedodji wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > >can i install at once vmware with WIN98SE for > > instance > > >on server and populate this to ltsp clients ? > > > > > >Thank you. > > > > I just got done installing vmware running on the > > server for Windows NT as > > the guest OS (since I replaced WinNT on the boxes > > with LTSP, I had a bunch > > of those licenses). > > > > Here are some notes. Use this as an outline only. > > YOU MUST BE AN > > EXPERIENCED SYSADMIN. These notes are to enable > > users on LTSP workstations > > to use windows applications under windows NT running > > in a window on vmware > > - in my case Mathcad. > > > > > > Here is what I had to do (I run RH 7.2 on the > > server): > > > > 1. Buy the vmware academic rate CD (since this is > > for a small classroom > > here) or obtain a trial license key. > > > > 2. Install the rpm (also available via download) > > using rpm -i > > VMware-version.rpm > > > > 3. Run the vmware-config.pl script as root, make > > appropriate selections. > > Modify /etc/dhcpd.conf as instructed by the script, > > restart dhcpd. vmware > > will run its own dhcp server for NAT for the virtual > > machines it manages. I > > choose NOT to use their samba server. > > > > 4. As root run vmware (I used NAT) and choose a > > location outside of /root > > for the new virtual disk (e.g. mkdir /vm and put > > your virtual disk under > > that)so that other users will be able to access it > > [read]. > > > > 5. Install NT, Install vmware tools (video driver > > etc for NT), Sp6a, IE6, > > other s/w that you wish to run. > > > > 6. Create single user (under NT, eg. vmware-user) > > [with autologin (yet to > > figure that out, I forgot how)] > > > > 7. Copy the .vmware and contents to a regular users > > directory (i.e. cp -r > > /root/.vmware /home/user/; chown -R user:user > > /home/user/.vmware) - this > > step is needed otherwise you have to reenter the > > serial number > > > > 8. Login as regular user on LTSP terminal (NOT as > > root). Remove > > /home/user/.vmware/preferences. > > > > 9. Run vmware, in the wizard choose "use existing > > virtual disk" and point > > it at the install directory (/vm/winNT/winNT.vmdk > > for example) > > > > 10. Choose the configuration editor, and under SCSI > > set the disk to > > non-persistent, disable the floppy and cdrom, set > > the memory amount to > > something sane (I used 90MB for each VM, my server > > has 1.5GB This should > > work for about 10 clients.). > > > > 11. power up the VM, login as vmware-user see if > > things work as expected. > > > > 12. copy the resulting /home/user/.vmware and > > /home/user/vmware /to /tmp > > (cp -r .vmware /tmp; cp -r vmware /tmp. > > > > 13. Edit /tmp/.vmware/preferences and remove the > > /home/user/vmware/...cfg > > reference. Leave it as "". Vmware will not accept ~/ > > or /home/$USER in the > > preferences file. Edit /tmp/vmware/winNT/winNT.cfg > > and replace /home/user/ > > with /home/$USER/ (3 occurrences, if I remember > > right). > > > > 14. Use a script (as root) to copy these two > > directories to the home dir of > > every user on your machine, also put them in your > > /etc/skel directory so > > that all new users will automagically have the > > files. Eg: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > cd /home > > for i in *;do > > (cd $i; (cd /tmp; tar cf - vmware)|tar xvf -) > > (cd $i; (cd /tmp; tar cf - .vmware)|tar xvf -) > > chown -R $i:$i $i > > done > > > > 15. Instruct every user (username) when they start > > vmware to "use existing > > config" and point it at > > /home/username/vmware/winNT/winNT.cfg > > > > There does not seem to be a more elegant way. If > > someone out there has > > something, let me know. REMIND users that the C > > DRIVE is NONPERSISTENT. > > They should connect to a shared network drive to > > save any data. This > > outline should work for Win98 as well, you don't > > have to create a win98 > > user that is all. Additionally you can install more > > software or make config > > changes as root. I set the disk to undoable in the > > root config, so I can > > throw away changes if an install fails or messes up > > the image. Make a > > backup of your virtual machine disk image directory. > > Its a pity that vmware > > express has been withdrawn... > > > > Enjoy, > > > > ---Venkat. > > > > > > > > Venkat Manakkal > > President, > > Manakkal & Associates, Inc. > > http://www.manakkal.com/ > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > > change prefs, goto: > > > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on >irc.openprojects.net > >___________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! >Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.fr > >_____________________________________________________________________ >Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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