Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 13:37 +0530, Vaibhav Kaushal wrote: >> hi roger >> >> I must say that VMware until version 6.0.2 does not support openSUSE >> 10.3 as host or guest. So to get it working, you will have to upgrade >> to VMware 6.0.1 at least. It must be understood however that even the >> version 6.0.2 and 6.0.1 have >> >> only the EXPERIMENTAL support for openSUSE 10.3 hosts and guests.you >> may find some instability. I upgraded from 6.0 to 6.0.2 for the same >> reason and am facing more CPU usage than the version 6.0 which I ran >> on SLED. > > I wonder why vmware would even need to support opensuse in so specific a > fashion. It is a virtual environment that presents some virtual devices. > Aside from the kernel, what else would vmware need that is > SUSE-specific? At least to do the basic install. I cnn understand later > installation of vmware code into the installed OS. But not for the basic > OS install. > >> BTW, openSUSE 10.3 comes with VirtualBOX and you can install it from >> DVD> it is also a good virtualizer. > > But then you need a 10.3 install into which you can install more virtual > 10.3's, right? And you need to run them on 10.3.
Did you try with the free -as in beer- vmware server? I did not try 10.3 with it yet, but it is much more frequently updated and therefore way fresher than your vmware workstation 5.5 installation. Kind regards Eberhard > >> On 11/12/07, Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Roger Oberholtzer >>> >>> OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST >>> >>> Ramböll Sverige AB >>> Kapellgränd 7 >>> P.O. Box 4205 >>> SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden >>> >>> Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 >>> Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> -- >> There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand >> binary ... and those who don't! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
