Friday, October 10, 2008

Install VMware server 1.0.7 On Fedora 9 x86_64 --FAILED

1. download vmware server tar file from vmware.com/download
2. Install kernel source: "yum install kernel-devel"
3. yum install libXtst-1.0.3-3.fc9.i386
4. yum install libX11.i386 libXext.i386 libXi.i386 zlib.i386 libXtst.i386 \
libICE.i386 libSM.i386 libXrender.i386 libXt.i386 \
xinetd kernel-devel pam.i386 pam-devel.i386 gtk2.i386
5. yum install 'perl-ExtUtils-*'
6. download patch and run it.
patch: http://www.it-psycho.de/downloads/vmware-any-any-update117-itpsycho.tar.bz2
untar and run it (need su )

Results:
1) On machine 1, installed OK, but cannot power on VM. Got an error in the *.log file in VM directory.
2) On machine 2, installed ok. But powering on a VM REBOOT the machine.


References:
1. http://fedorasolved.org/server-solutions/vmserver-install
2. http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=193198
3. http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25647

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