Re: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 4/6/2014 9:52 PM, Mr Queue wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:56:45 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: Seems to be a kernel problem. http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 Seems to be a kernel problem. http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 hyperlink Which does not solve the problem YOU are causing. And once again y

Re: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-06 Thread Mr Queue
On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:56:45 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > Seems to be a kernel problem. > > > > http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 > > > > > Seems to be a kernel problem. > > http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 > hyperlink -- I do desire we may be better strangers. -- William Shakespeare, "As

Re: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 4/6/2014 4:03 PM, Mr Queue wrote: On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 15:11:57 -0400 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: Any assistance will be much appreciated. Seems to be a kernel problem. http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 What is a kernel problem? Please copy ALL of the applicable information when replying. Many of

Re: Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-06 Thread Mr Queue
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 15:11:57 -0400 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > Any assistance will be much appreciated. Seems to be a kernel problem. http://bit.ly/1hvDrs0 -- The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

Problem Installing Debian Testng/Jessie VMware Tools

2014-04-06 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed Debian Testing/Jessie on my 64 bit Laptop in VMware Player v- 6.0.1-1379776. vmhgfs failed the build process. The relevant portion of the build log is (complete log is attached): Using 2.6.x kernel buildInstalling VMware Tools. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig

Problem with vmware-install.pl

2014-01-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed Debiat Testing in VMware Player on 64 bit Win 7 Laptop. All went well until I ran vmware-install.pl. Unfortunately I got an error message during the execution of the installer: Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-b2vEG8/vmhgfs-only'

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-12-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Helmar Gerloni wrote: >> >> Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: >>Switching to guest configuration: [71G done >> >> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name >> /etc/init.d/vmware

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-12-09 Thread Helmar Gerloni
Hi, > Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: >Switching to guest configuration: done > > /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name > /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name > >Blocking file syst

Re: Problem Installing VMWare Tools in Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-12-03 Thread Jacek Waluk
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Re: [bulk]: about time with guest debian using vmware

2013-10-05 Thread Konrad Neitzel
Hi, On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 15:15 +0800, 陶治江 wrote: > I want to ask for help about my debian study environment. > I am running windows host, and using vmware guest for study. > The software versions listed below: > vmware 8.0.4 > linux debian wheezy 3.2.51 > The gust debian

about time with guest debian using vmware

2013-10-05 Thread 陶治江
Hello I want to ask for help about my debian study environment. I am running windows host, and using vmware guest for study. The software versions listed below: vmware 8.0.4 linux debian wheezy 3.2.51 The gust debian clock runs about 2 time faster than host os, and I am trying setup ntp

Re: VMware workstation 9 and Sid

2013-08-26 Thread Dale Harris
I doubt libgtkmm is the problem in my case, it hasn't been updated in quite a while, at least according to my dpkg logs. I actually always ran vmware as root, for better or for worse. Still aborts. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Erik Dahlinghaus wrote: > I am having the same

Re: VMware workstation 9 and Sid

2013-08-23 Thread Erik Dahlinghaus
I am having the same problem. According to this thread [1] the issue could be with libgtkmm. I have not tried downgrading yet. I have found a temporary work-around for the issue. If VMware Workstation is opened as root it will remain open. But you will be without your settings. You will have to

VMware workstation 9 and Sid

2013-08-22 Thread Dale Harris
So I had VMware Workstation 9 working just fine with the 3.10 kernels in SID until a recent upgrade, with the patches provided at: http://slackblogs.blogspot.com/2013/07/nvidia-30488-vmware-workstation-and.html Now after an upgrade vmware mysteriously aborts on startup. So far I've tri

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-24 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Chris Bannister, 25.07.2013: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:31:34AM -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > This is a long shot but for some reason I was reminded of > > having trouble with a non-debian script a few months ago, that > > also asked to be run by /bin/sh (as your attachment did). > > > > A

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:31:34AM -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > This is a long shot but for some reason I was reminded of > having trouble with a non-debian script a few months ago, that > also asked to be run by /bin/sh (as your attachment did). > > At the time, on my wheezy system (while it

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:31:34 -0500 "Selim T. Erdogan" wrote: > This is a long shot but for some reason I was reminded of > having trouble with a non-debian script a few months ago, that > also asked to be run by /bin/sh (as your attachment did). > > At the time, on my wheezy system (while it wa

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
This is a long shot but for some reason I was reminded of having trouble with a non-debian script a few months ago, that also asked to be run by /bin/sh (as your attachment did). At the time, on my wheezy system (while it was still in testing), /bin/sh pointed to dash, not bash, so the script di

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/22/13 at 08:23am, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > 2013/7/22 emmanuel segura > > >> 2013/7/21 William Hopkins > > >>> On 07/21/13 at 04:09pm, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > >>> > In the case of Debian 7.1.0 the vmware

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
sLoaded pciehp` = 'yes' ]; then > local ok_kver=`kernel_version_integer '2' '6' '17'` > local run_kver=`get_version_integer` > if [ $run_kver -lt $ok_kver ]; then > return 1 > fi >fi >modprobe $acpi >return 0 > } > +++

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread emmanuel segura
_integer '2' '6' '17'` local run_kver=`get_version_integer` if [ $run_kver -lt $ok_kver ]; then return 1 fi fi modprobe $acpi return 0 } +

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread emmanuel segura
7/21 William Hopkins > >> On 07/21/13 at 04:09pm, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >> > In the case of Debian 7.1.0 the vmware tools installed without any >> problems. >> > >> > Unfortunately, this was not the case with Debian Testing. the tools >&

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-22 Thread emmanuel segura
bian 7.1.0 the vmware tools installed without any > problems. > > > > Unfortunately, this was not the case with Debian Testing. the tools > > installed without any problems, but when the installer ran > > /usr/bin/ware/vmware.config.tools.pl there were errors: > > >

Re: FW: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
-Original Message- From: William Hopkins [mailto:we.hopk...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:26 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name On 07/21/13 at 04:09pm, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: In the case of Debian 7.1.0 the vmware tools installed

Re: Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-21 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/21/13 at 04:09pm, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > In the case of Debian 7.1.0 the vmware tools installed without any problems. > > Unfortunately, this was not the case with Debian Testing. the tools > installed without any problems, but when the installer ran >

Debian Testing VMWare-Tools Bad Variable Name

2013-07-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am using VMWare Reader v-5.0.2 and the associated VMWare Tools with both Debian v-7.1.0 and Debian Testing (different VMWare Reader directories, of course) installed on my 64 bit Windows 7 laptop as testbeds before making any changes to my Linux production machine. In the case of Debian

Problem Installing VMWare Tools in Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-07-20 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed both Debian 64 bit 7.1.0 and Debian 64 bit Testing in separate VMWare Player v-5.0.2 on my 64 bit laptop to serve as test beds before messing with my Debian production computer. I successfully installed VMWare Tools 9.2.3 build-1031360 on 7.1.0. However when I attempted the

Using VMware graphics drivers in a kvm windows guest?

2013-03-02 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, I've heard that kvm windows guests have better graphics performance using the VMware drivers. I've tried to follow some instructions found on the web but can't get the install to run. Has anyone tried this, and if so how did they achieve it? Thanks, James

VMWare issue

2012-12-08 Thread alexander
Hello, I have squeeze (kernel 2.6.32-amd64 ) . I installed VMWare Player 5 and tried to start an image of Fedora system. The VMWare player started ok but the virtual machine failed with 'Could not get snapshot information Moule Snapshot power on failed'. I serched in VMWare forums f

Re: Debian Squeeze ext4 corruption under VMware

2012-05-15 Thread Jacob Gaarde
On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:02 +0200 David Parker wrote: > Hello, > > We have several Debian Squeeze servers running in VMs under VMware ESXi > 4.1.0 (build 502767 if that matters) with the latest VMware Tools bundle > installed. We're using the ext4 filesystem on each of t

Debian Squeeze ext4 corruption under VMware

2012-05-15 Thread David Parker
Hello, We have several Debian Squeeze servers running in VMs under VMware ESXi 4.1.0 (build 502767 if that matters) with the latest VMware Tools bundle installed. We're using the ext4 filesystem on each of these servers. We have had a few crashes of our VMware infrastructure, and each

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-16 Thread Michael Tsang
s but... Why is fdisk > (still) seeing them as disks/partitions it has to show during a listing, > and then complain they are not valid? > I think this is a bug in fdisk. > > At the VMware level I increased the disk from 10GB to 12GB. Using cfdisk, > which in my opinion give

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Bonno Bloksma wrote: > indeed, there is no /dev/sda6 yet. > Why is /dev/sda6 not there yet? What step am I missing? Next time run 'partprobe' to request the OS to re-read the partition table. > root@wwwgw:~# umount /var > Then first a filesystem check as that seems to be needed before resizing. N

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Tom H
ume that "fdisk -l" goes through "/proc/partitions" and displays the information that it can about its contents. It doesn't recognize the device mapper devices because they are virtual block devices created by dmsetup/lvm within a "real"/physical block device.

Re: Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 13/03/12 14:52, Bonno Bloksma wrote: 4) Why is /dev/sda6 not there yet? What step am I missing? Ok, after a reboot (it is not a production server yet) the /dev/sda6 is there. Form here on it was (almost) straight sailing.;-) I would imagine that is because your kernel is/was still using

Debian in a VMware VM and LVM

2012-03-13 Thread Bonno Bloksma
, and then complain they are not valid? At the VMware level I increased the disk from 10GB to 12GB. Using cfdisk, which in my opinion gives less cause for a user error, I created a new logical sda6 partition in the free space. The end result is: root@wwwgw:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 12.9 GB

Re: Virtualize Debian Lenny to VMware

2011-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/10/11 02:11, Gorka wrote: > > > Excuse me. > > > > How could I virtualize a Debian Lenny physical machine to run in VMware. > Converter Standalone crashed on 4%. I need a free way to virtualize it > in order to avoid disasters. By the way, it must be virtual

Virtualize Debian Lenny to VMware

2011-10-17 Thread Gorka
Excuse me. How could I virtualize a Debian Lenny physical machine to run in VMware. Converter Standalone crashed on 4%. I need a free way to virtualize it in order to avoid disasters. By the way, it must be virtualized while it runs, can't stop it. Any idea?

Re: VMware templates and Disk UUID in Squeeze

2011-09-16 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/15/2011 10:49 PM, Patrick Zaloum wrote: Hello We are currently upgrading our Lenny machines to Squeeze. We use VMware almost exclusively. In the upgrade, Squeeze prefers using UUID in the fstab file. Initially I saw nothing wrong with this, until I installed my new template VM's. For

VMware templates and Disk UUID in Squeeze

2011-09-15 Thread Patrick Zaloum
Hello We are currently upgrading our Lenny machines to Squeeze. We use VMware almost exclusively. In the upgrade, Squeeze prefers using UUID in the fstab file. Initially I saw nothing wrong with this, until I installed my new template VM's. For fun I provisioned 2 VM's and to my anno

Re: VMware server 2.0 and Debian Squeeze?

2011-05-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
Thanks, got it working with: http://radu.cotescu.com/how-to-install-vmware-server-ubuntu-fedora-opensuse/ 2.5.2011 17:36, Dogan Hanoglu kirjoitti: > Hi Jari, > > Check this forum thread: > http://communities.vmware.com/message/1141306 > > Apparently there is a patch.

Re: No ethX or lo on interface after reboot on Squeeze as VMWare guest.

2011-05-02 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
Hello, thanks for reply. > post your /etc/network/interfaces > if this is after a vmotion or what not, a dmesg might also be appropriate. > interfaces file looks ok: ### # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet stat

Re: No ethX or lo on interface after reboot on Squeeze as VMWare guest.

2011-05-02 Thread shawn wilson
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > > Any help, or tips will be greatly appreciated. > post your /etc/network/interfaces if this is after a vmotion or what not, a dmesg might also be appropriate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

Re: VMware server 2.0 and Debian Squeeze?

2011-05-02 Thread Dogan Hanoglu
Hi Jari, Check this forum thread: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1141306 Apparently there is a patch. Cheers. -D 2011/5/2 Jari Fredriksson > pallas:~# CC=gcc-4.3 vmware-config.pl > > Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped. > > Stopping VMware autostart v

Re: VMware server 2.0 and Debian Squeeze?

2011-05-02 Thread Jari Fredriksson
pallas:~# CC=gcc-4.3 vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped. Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines: Virtual machines failed Stopping VMware management services: VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access

Re: VMware server 2.0 and Debian Squeeze?

2011-05-02 Thread Burhan
Hi Jari, What is it complaining about? -B 2011/5/2 Jari Fredriksson > > I went and upgraded my Lenny to Squeeze and now VMware server does not > compile. > > Is it possible, and if it is, how? > > Preparing to reinstall lenny now...dammit. > > -- > > A vi

VMware server 2.0 and Debian Squeeze?

2011-05-02 Thread Jari Fredriksson
I went and upgraded my Lenny to Squeeze and now VMware server does not compile. Is it possible, and if it is, how? Preparing to reinstall lenny now...dammit. -- A visit to a strange place will bring fresh work. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

No ethX or lo on interface after reboot on Squeeze as VMWare guest.

2011-05-01 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
, but from VMWare i see that network adapter is attached to my guest debian, once I run ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 and ifconfig eth0 xx.xx.xx.xx everything goes to normal again. My interfaces file looks ok, and there is nothing suspicious in logs (or maybe i couldnt find)... Any help, or tips will be

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-03 Thread Jonathan Matthews
On 3 March 2011 11:57, shawn wilson wrote: > A few general comments on the thread: > First, I'd recommend VMWare if you want to also buy their support - its > really quite good. Good comment. *If* you have the dosh to flaunt on VMWare support and/or PS, and are set on buying somet

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-03 Thread shawn wilson
A few general comments on the thread: First, I'd recommend VMWare if you want to also buy their support - its really quite good. Otherwise use vbox for desktop and proxmox for servers. Second, vbox isn't 100% open source - IIRC, their usb bridge is closed. Third, I dont really recom

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-03 Thread Jacob Gaarde
> >> > >> > Why would one chose one over the other? > >> > >> OT but,  Vbox is gpl and in Debians repositoriies. > > > > Well, yeah, besides the obvious I meant. > > > > I've schlepped over the *.vmwarevm trees from my OSX box

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-03 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
T but,  Vbox is gpl and in Debians repositoriies. > > Well, yeah, besides the obvious I meant. > > I've schlepped over the *.vmwarevm trees from my OSX box (primary use: > serving as a VMWare Fusion platform) and will muck with getting them > going on VBox. > > There's ye

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Greg Madden
l and in Debians repositoriies. > > Well, yeah, besides the obvious I meant. > > I've schlepped over the *.vmwarevm trees from my OSX box (primary use: > serving as a VMWare Fusion platform) and will muck with getting them > going on VBox. > > There's ye olde "Oh,

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 23:50 Wed 02 Mar, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net (teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net) wrote: > Ed Morbius ask; > > Does anyone have actual or apparent performance comparisons between vbox > and VMWare? > > Why would one chose one over the other? > - > > I would say VMWa

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Brad Alexander
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI < edua...@kalinowski.com.br> wrote: > On Qua, 02 Mar 2011, hamed hosseini wrote: > > can i install VMware Workstation Linux 7.1.3 in debian 6 64bit and how? >> > > Maybe. It used to be a pain because the ke

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
I have successfully installed VMWare Workstation 7.X on Debian 6 without any issues. You need to install as root and then make sure that the user has r/w access tot he directory where you place you VM image files. Shaffin. On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 14:54 Wed

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
nt. I've schlepped over the *.vmwarevm trees from my OSX box (primary use: serving as a VMWare Fusion platform) and will muck with getting them going on VBox. There's ye olde "Oh, but I selected SCSI for hard drive format" issue, I suspect that's not a big issue, though I a

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 02 March 2011 01:59:50 pm Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > Why would one chose one over the other? OT but, Vbox is gpl and in Debians repositoriies. -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread teddieeb
Ed Morbius ask; Does anyone have actual or apparent performance comparisons between vbox and VMWare? Why would one chose one over the other? - I would say VMWare's market share is in the Corporate environment, Either for the few features it has over VirtualBox or for the same reason

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 18:43 Wed 02 Mar, Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu.malate...@gmail.com) wrote: > I tried vmware once. When I realized the script needed root power, I stopped. > > I moved to VirtualBox without regret so far. The version in debian > does not have USB & rdesktop, but that was not o

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread hamed hosseini
thanks,for help

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:09:32 +0330, hamed hosseini wrote: > can i install VMware Workstation Linux 7.1.3 in debian 6 64bit and how? It seems someone did it: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1694605#1694605 > and tell me your opinion about vmware in linux I've always heard abo

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Qua, 02 Mar 2011, hamed hosseini wrote: can i install VMware Workstation Linux 7.1.3 in debian 6 64bit and how? Maybe. It used to be a pain because the kernel changed but the vmware drivers were slow to catch up. It probably still is. and tell me your opinion about vmware in linux

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
I tried vmware once. When I realized the script needed root power, I stopped. I moved to VirtualBox without regret so far. The version in debian does not have USB & rdesktop, but that was not on my requirement. VirtualBox support most images, but you can always use qemu to convert your vmwar

VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread hamed hosseini
can i install VMware Workstation Linux 7.1.3 in debian 6 64bit and how? and tell me your opinion about vmware in linux

Re: Migrate debian etch to virtual machine (vmware)

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
some kind of backup so you > can import it in vmware. Does anyone have any tips that might help? Etch is likely to be growing a number of security issues, since it hasn't had support for about a year. I wonder if you are using a vulnerable version of exim that exposes you to direct

Re: Migrate debian etch to virtual machine (vmware)

2011-02-28 Thread shawn wilson
2011/2/28 Márcio Luciano Donada > Hi People > Physically I'm running a debian server 4 for the e-mail, but I'm having > problems to use the tool to perform VM virtualization. I wonder if there > is another way to virtualize this machine, do some kind of backup so you can

Migrate debian etch to virtual machine (vmware)

2011-02-28 Thread Márcio Luciano Donada
Hi People Physically I'm running a debian server 4 for the e-mail, but I'm having problems to use the tool to perform VM virtualization. I wonder if there is another way to virtualize this machine, do some kind of backup so you can import it in vmware. Does anyone have any tips that

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread shawn wilson
win 7 / 2008 vs xp / 2003 is like night and day. > > * I tried using restore DVD, but upon installation within VirtualBox > it keeps on claiming an insane amount of disk space for installation Donno. First thought, what's insane? > * I tried using VMWare Converter but the software fails

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
x it > keeps on claiming an insane amount of disk space for installation > * I tried using VMWare Converter but the software fails miserably during > conversion (around 1% progress). > > Does anyone knows of any other alternatives software to convert a > physical machine to a vi

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Gianluca Gargiulo
- Da: "Mathieu Malaterre" A: "List Debian User" Inviato: Mercoledì, 9 febbraio 2011 10:05:10 Oggetto: VMware Converter equivalent Hi all, I recently bought a laptop with a microsoft windows 7 OEM OS. I would like to convert into a virtual machine for later use i

VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
using VMWare Converter but the software fails miserably during conversion (around 1% progress). Does anyone knows of any other alternatives software to convert a physical machine to a virtual one ? Thank you -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
> Chris Davies writes: >> The host hardware's largely irrelevant. What is important is the virtual >> hardware offered within the VM. I successfully run a 686 based kernel, >> here. Harry Putnam wrote: > What ISO did you use? The most recent from which I've installed is debian-505-i386-netinst.

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-02 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 11/03/2010 11:03 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Klistvud writes: Dne, 01. 11. 2010 16:28:53 je Harry Putnam napisal(a): I think what you got yourself are images for the Intel Itanium processors. What you need are either the i386 or the x64 (AMD) images. Oh boy another 4.4 GB download... Anothe

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Chris Davies writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> I hope someone might be able to help me with installing debian as >> guest by way of vmware. > >> I downloaded the iso DVD (4.4 GB what a hefty download) > > If you've got network access you're probably

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Klistvud writes: > Dne, 01. 11. 2010 16:28:53 je Harry Putnam napisal(a): > > I think what you got yourself are images for the Intel Itanium > processors. What you need are either the i386 or the x64 (AMD) images. Oh boy another 4.4 GB download... Another poster has said it doesn't matter too

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Davies
Harry Putnam wrote: > I hope someone might be able to help me with installing debian as > guest by way of vmware. > I downloaded the iso DVD (4.4 GB what a hefty download) If you've got network access you're probably far better off with one of the netinst images, and using t

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 11. 2010 16:28:53 je Harry Putnam napisal(a): I think what you got yourself are images for the Intel Itanium processors. What you need are either the i386 or the x64 (AMD) images. -- Cheerio, Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Certifiable Loo

VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I hope someone might be able to help me with installing debian as guest by way of vmware. I have some small experience with both Debian and VMware and have successfully installed it that way several times. Its been a good while... maybe over a yr. And I'm using a newer version of VMware..

vmware server and 2.6.33

2010-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Following the established ritual of having to change the vmware server to be able to run under a new kernel (2.6.33), I installed 2.6.33.3 from kernel.org and followed the directions from user NeBot here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/257472 and that worked. Furthermore I added to

Re: VMWare Player as debian package

2010-03-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:26:58 +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Has anyone tried to package VMWare-Player as debian package ? I am > not able to find anything up-to-date for things related to vmware. I am > not very incline to run the shell (.bundle) script as root. It was formerly

VMWare Player as debian package

2010-03-22 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hello, Has anyone tried to package VMWare-Player as debian package ? I am not able to find anything up-to-date for things related to vmware. I am not very incline to run the shell (.bundle) script as root. Thank you, -- Mathieu Ps: no flame please, I was given a vmware image. -- To

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Allums
Mark Allums wrote: Virtualbox 3 got off to a rugged start, but six updates later, it is not too bad. I use it. As of 3.0.6 my WinXP and Linux guests (on a WinXP host) gets this odd bug 3.0.6 is the third update. (Goes by even numbers.) The sixth update is 3.0.12. 3.1.0 was just r

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-30 Thread Artifex Maximus
Hello! On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Ken Heard wrote: > So it would appear from the posts that I should use VirtualBox for now. > I could also install DOS on it and see if DOS apps work better on VBox > than on dosemu. Have you tried dosbox? Might debian package does not exists but the app

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Steve Reilly wrote: > why cant you just use openoffice? it will read wordperfect files, and > save as whatever you want to. He did mention the formatting would be lost. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do...

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Steve Reilly
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 04:51:32PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I should have explained in my original post what I wanted to do. In the short run I want to run a Windows version of WordPerfect and so have access to WordPerfect 5.1 (

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 04:51:32PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I should have explained in my original post what I wanted to do. In the > short run I want to run a Windows version of WordPerfect and so have > access to WordPerfect 5.1 (a DOS app) f

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 28 November 2009 01:32:16 Nick Douma wrote: > Greg Madden wrote: > > have you tried opening your WP files with Openoffice writer? My WP files > > were created with WP8, OO works with them. I know WP's file format has > > been the same for years, though I think there was change after 5

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> STFW briefly just now, I don't see VirtualBox OSE Windows binaries. > I recall having the same result the last time I looked. Luckily we have a good solution for that: use Debian. Stefan "Can you please move that Windows-talk crap elsewhere?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat November 28 2009, Mark Allums wrote: > 3.0.6 is the third update.  (Goes by even numbers.)  The sixth update is > 3.0.12. > > I didn't say it was perfect.  I said I use it. I use VirtualBox ( now 3.0.12 ) on my Lenny desktop, for testing other distros.. very rarely do I ever have a problem

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Mark Allums
Steve Lamb wrote: I think it's pretty rude to quote where I point out the numerous problems with Microsoft's tripe and then nudge people towards it. Nah, everyone knows it's just two people's opinions. It's kind of rude to characterize things as "tripe". (Even if they are.) MS does not su

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mark Allums wrote: > Virtual PC is dead in the water. With Windows 7, MS has gone the > hypervisor route. Virtual Server 2008 and later is a new(er) product. Not everyone is on W7. For example my work machine, where I require VMs the most, is on WinXP. I'm sure not upgrading it to W7 on m

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Mark Allums
Steve Lamb wrote: Mark Allums wrote: Windows users should stick with MS Virtual Server. Everyone else should use VMWare or Xen or KVM or Virtualbox. Oh hell no. VirtualPC hasn't been seriously updated in years, Virtual PC is dead in the water. With Windows 7, MS has gon

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
x > than on dosemu. > > Thank you all for your advice. > > Regards, Ken Heard Big difference: VBox: FREE as FREEDOM VMware: FREE as FREEBEER qemu, kqemu with kvm are other options in lenny. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_virtualized_system But jus

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mark Allums wrote: > Windows users should stick with MS Virtual Server. Everyone else should > use VMWare or Xen or KVM or Virtualbox. Oh hell no. VirtualPC hasn't been seriously updated in years, has been plagued with performance problems from its inception and on machines wh

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Nick Douma
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Madden wrote: > > have you tried opening your WP files with Openoffice writer? My WP files > were > created with WP8, OO works with them. I know WP's file format has been the > same > for years, though I think there was change after 5.2 ? >

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-28 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 27 November 2009 13:23:05 Ken Heard wrote: > Mark Allums wrote: > > VBox will still provide your full virtualized CPU; so if trying DOS, > > disable as much as you can, like hardware support for virtualization. Be > > sure you run in a 32-bit mode. DOS is not compatible with the most > >

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-27 Thread Martin Willcocks
Hi all: I have VMWare Fusion 2 installed on a MacBook executing a clone of my former Windows XP laptop as a virtual machine (the laptop had developed overheating problems and unexpected blue-screen shutdowns due to a CPU fan issue). The results are very satisfactory and I can run WordPerfect

RE: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-27 Thread David Christensen
Nick Douma wrote: > No, but there are binaries for most distributions in their respective > repositories, including debian. Thank you: 2009-11-27 16:04:15 dpchr...@p3600 ~ $ apt-cache search virtualbox virtualbox-ose - x86 virtualization solution - binaries ... STFW briefly jus

Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

2009-11-27 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Allums wrote: > VBox will still provide your full virtualized CPU; so if trying DOS, > disable as much as you can, like hardware support for virtualization. Be > sure you run in a 32-bit mode. DOS is not compatible with the most > recent CPUs fr

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