Re: [gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
do you mean vmware on gentoo or gentoo as virtual machine on vmware? On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 16:33, John Crabtree wrote: Im looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0, is there a HOWTO that explains how to do this? Or can someone who has already installed Gentoo using VMware 4.0 spare some time to explain what I need to do. Thank you John Crabtree
Re: [gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
My experiences are different: the fact that i can compile the gentoo to match the actual processor makes gentoo go faster than a redhat distro. yes i loose some efficiency by running vmware underneath but i think the special compile makes up for that... On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 19:00, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: Im looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0 I tried an install on vmware a while back and to be honest its not really worth going to all the effort of compiling everything from scratch, it ran (windowed, running X etc) at a similar speed to any of the off the shelf distros I have run previously. Had no real problems getting it installed and getting X setup etc, it just took a little longer than I would have liked grin Rick Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA
[gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
Im looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0, is there a HOWTO that explains how to do this? Or can someone who has already installed Gentoo using VMware 4.0 spare some time to explain what I need to do. Thank you John Crabtree
Re: [gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 06:33:55PM -0500, John Crabtree wrote: I'm looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0, is there a HOWTO that explains how to do this? Or can someone who has already installed Gentoo using VMware 4.0 spare some time to explain what I need to do. Thank you I haven't installed it under vmware 4.0 specifically (think it was 3.x) but it works pretty much as expected if you are familiar with vmware. Set up a new vmware session and point the CDrom to either your real CD with a gentoo live boot cd in it or point it to an ISO image, boot the vmware session, if it doesn't boot then check to make sure that it's set to boot from CD in the bios, reboot, and you should get the live CD booting up. If you're wondering more specifically about what devices to use, etc, I recall that the vmware network interface will use the pcnet32 module, and for video there is an XFree driver on the vmware site that you can stick in with the other drivers in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers. After the vmware module is in place, change the driver in the /etc/XF86Config file to be vmware restart gdm and off you go! Other than knowing those three things though, it's exactly like a gentoo install on a real system: - point cd to real CD or ISO and set to boot - vmware ethernet uses pcnet32 - vmware xfree86 has it's own module HTH, let me know if you've got any other vmware+gentoo questions. alan -- Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://arcterex.net There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games.-- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 06:45 pm, Alan wrote: On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 06:33:55PM -0500, John Crabtree wrote: I'm looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0, is there a HOWTO that explains how to do this? Or can someone who has already installed Gentoo using VMware 4.0 spare some time to explain what I need to do. Thank you I haven't installed it under vmware 4.0 specifically (think it was 3.x) but it works pretty much as expected if you are familiar with vmware. Set up a new vmware session and point the CDrom to either your real CD with a gentoo live boot cd in it or point it to an ISO image, boot the vmware session, if it doesn't boot then check to make sure that it's set to boot from CD in the bios, reboot, and you should get the live CD booting up. If you're wondering more specifically about what devices to use, etc, I recall that the vmware network interface will use the pcnet32 module, and for video there is an XFree driver on the vmware site that you can stick in with the other drivers in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers. After the vmware module is in place, change the driver in the /etc/XF86Config file to be vmware restart gdm and off you go! Other than knowing those three things though, it's exactly like a gentoo install on a real system: - point cd to real CD or ISO and set to boot - vmware ethernet uses pcnet32 - vmware xfree86 has it's own module HTH, let me know if you've got any other vmware+gentoo questions. alan I just did a 4.0 install, and the only thing Alan didn't mention that might throw you is the vmware hard drive. You need scsi support in your kernel and the Buslogic device driver compiled in as well. When booting from the Gentoo 1.4 cd you'll want to specify the 'doscsi' option, and the drive is referenced as sda (ex. sda1=/boot, sda2=swap, etc). Email if you'd like my .config. Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] getting Gentoo to work with VMware...
Im looking at installing Gentoo using VMware 4.0 I tried an install on vmware a while back and to be honest its not really worth going to all the effort of compiling everything from scratch, it ran (windowed, running X etc) at a similar speed to any of the off the shelf distros I have run previously. Had no real problems getting it installed and getting X setup etc, it just took a little longer than I would have liked grin RickKitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.comPOV-Ray News Resources http://Povray.co.ukTEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - ICQ : 15776037PGP Public Keyhttp://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA
