On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 16:43, Marcia wrote: > For those of you who are using vmware 2.04 on Linux Mandrake 8.1 how exactly > did you install Peter's Patch? That is the tarball that makes it possible to > install and run vmware 2.04 on LM8.1? I am a newbie when it comes to applying > a patch to a kernel and I have not found anything that tells one how to do it > from a tarball. Would someone kindly walk me through this? Thanks for the > help. > Sincerely, > Marcia > > ---- >
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi Marcia, Basically,all you have to do is unpack the tar ball <tar -zxvf somefile.tar.gz> then run the patch. I believe it is called runme.pl and it will ask you if you want the patches applied. You will then have to run vmware-config.pl again and then you should be all set. By the way, you should have VMware installed prior to running the patch. I hope this helps. Pat
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
