Guest Operating System Installation Guide

Guest Operating System Installation Guide
Guest Operating System Installation Guide Revision: 20070530 Item: GSTOS-ENG-Q207-198
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ChoosingandInstallingGuestOperatingSystems 23
LatestUpdates 23 SupportedGuestOperatingSystems 23 SupportedandUnsupportedGuestOperatingSystems 26 OperatingSystemsNoLongerSupportedbytheVendor 26 64bitGuestOperatingSystems 26 Requirementsfor64BitGuestOperatingSystems 26 Running64BitGuestOperatingSystems 26 64BitLinuxGuestsandExecuteDisableFunctionality 26 GeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProducts 26 VMwareExperimentalFeatureSupportDefinition 27 DeterminingMemorySettingsforaVirtualMachine 27 InstallingVMwareToolsinaLinuxGuestOperatingSystem 27 SoundAdaptersonGSXandVMwareServers 28 RunningaGuestOperatingSystem 28 WindowsVista 29 Support 29 32BitVersion 29 64BitVersion 29 GeneralInstallationNotes 30 InstallationSteps 30 InstallingtheGuestOperatingSystem 30 VMwareTools 30 SoundDriverNeededfor64BitGuests 30 KnownIssues 30 OpeningVMwareToolsControlPanel 30 WarningsWhenInstallingVMwareToolsonSomeVMwareProducts 31 NetworkAdapterChangeNeededforSomeVMwareProducts 31 GuestScreenSaver 32 Checked(Debug)Build 32 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 32 WindowsServer2003 33 Support 33 32BitVersion 33 64BitVersion 33 GeneralInstallationNotes 34 InstallationSteps 34 InstallingtheGuestOperatingSystem 34 VMwareTools 35 SoundDriverNeededfor64BitGuests 35 KnownIssues 35 ProductActivation 35 DisplayHardwareAcceleration 35 GuestScreenSaver 35 Hibernation 36
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Checked(Debug)Build 36 ESXServerandSupportMicrosoftClusteringServicewithWindowsServer2003SP1 36 vlanceEthernetAdapterFailstoStartforWindowsServer2003VirtualMachineinPAEMode 36 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 36 ESXServerVirtualMachineRunningWindowsMightFailtoPowerOnIfNotRebootedafter VMwareToolsInstallation 36 OnIntelWoodcrestBasedHosts,Installing64BitWindows2003EnterpriseServerR2inVirtual MachineMightCauseVirtualMachinetoCrash 36 WindowsXP 37 Support 37 32BitVersion 37 64BitVersion 37 GeneralInstallationNotes 37 InstallationSteps 38 VMwareTools 38 SoundDriverNeededfor64BitGuests 38 KnownIssues 38 ProductActivation 38 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 39 GuestScreenSaver 39 Hibernation 39 Checked(Debug)Build 39 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 39 ESXServerVirtualMachineRunningWindowsMightFailtoPowerOnIfNotRebootedafter VMwareToolsInstallation 39 Windows2000 41 Support 41 GeneralInstallationNotes 41 InstallationSteps 41 VMwareTools 42 KnownIssues 42 GuestScreenSaver 42 ServicePack3 42 InstallationHangs 42 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 42 ESXServerVirtualMachineRunningWindowsMightFailtoPowerOnIfNotRebootedafter VMwareToolsInstallation 42 WindowsNT4.0 44 Support 44 GeneralInstallationNotes 44 InstallationSteps 44 VMwareTools 45 SettingupaWindowsNT4.0GuestwithMultipleDisks 45 EnablingNetworkingAfterInstallingWindowsNT 45 KnownIssues 45 GuestScreenSaver 45 MemoryLimitsifInstallingwithNoServicePack 45 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 46 ESXServerVirtualMachineRunningWindowsMightFailtoPowerOnIfNotRebootedafter VMwareToolsInstallation 46 WindowsMe 47 Support 47 GeneralInstallationNotes 47 InstallationSteps 47
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VMwareTools 47 KnownIssues 47 GuestScreenSaver 47 LackofSupportforUSB2.0Drivers 47 Windows98 49 Support 49 GeneralInstallationNotes 49 InstallationSteps 49 VMwareTools 49 EnablingNetworkingAfterInstallingWindows98 49 KnownIssues 50 PhantomCOMPorts 50 GuestScreenSaver 50 LackofSupportforUSB2.0Drivers 50 Windows95 51 Support 51 GeneralInstallationNotes 51 InstallationSteps 51 VMwareTools 52 EnablingNetworkingAfterInstallingWindows95 52 KnownIssues 53 Networking 53 GuestScreenSaver 53 PhantomCOMPorts 53 LackofSupportforUSB2.0Drivers 53 DOSandWindows3.1x 54 Support 54 GeneralInstallationNotes 54 DOSInstallationNotes 54 Windows3.1xInstallationNotes 54 KnownIssues 54 MouseProblems 54 NoVMwareTools 54 GuestScreenSaver 55 MandrivaCorporateDesktop4.0 56 Support 56 32BitSupport 56 64BitSupport 56 GeneralInstallationNotes 56 InstallationSteps 56 VMwareTools 57 KnownIssues 57 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 57 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 57 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 57 GuestScreenSaver 58 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 58 MandrivaCorporateServer4 59 Support 59 32BitSupport 59 64BitSupport 59 GeneralInstallationNotes 59 InstallationSteps 59 VMwareTools 60
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KnownIssues 60 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 60 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 60 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 60 GuestScreenSaver 61 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 61 MandrivaLinux2007 62 Support 62 32BitSupport 62 64BitSupport 62 GeneralInstallationNotes 62 InstallationSteps 62 VMwareTools 63 KnownIssues 63 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 63 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 63 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 63 GuestScreenSaver 64 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 64 MandrivaLinux2006 65 Support 65 32BitSupport 65 64BitSupport 65 GeneralInstallationNotes 65 InstallationSteps 65 VMwareTools 66 KnownIssues 66 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 66 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 66 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 66 GuestScreenSaver 67 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 67 MandrakeLinux10.1 68 Support 68 GeneralInstallationNotes 68 InstallationSteps 68 VMwareTools 69 KnownIssues 69 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 69 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 69 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 69 GuestScreenSaver 70 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 70 Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.For example,ifyoumoveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntel machine,youarealsolikelytoexperienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive. 70 DisplayIssues 70 MandrakeLinux10 71 Support 71 GeneralInstallationNotes 71 InstallationSteps 71 VMwareTools 72 KnownIssues 72 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 72
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ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 72 GettingaDHCPAddressintheGuestOperatingSystem 72 GuestScreenSaver 73 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 73 MandrakeLinux9.2 74 Support 74 GeneralInstallationNotes 74 InstallationSteps 74 VMwareTools 75 KnownIssues 76 GuestScreenSaver 76 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 76 MandrakeLinux9.1 77 Support 77 GeneralInstallationNotes 77 InstallationSteps 77 VMwareTools 78 KnownIssues 78 GuestScreenSaver 78 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 79 MandrakeLinux9.0 80 Support 80 GeneralInstallationNotes 80 InstallationSteps 80 VMwareTools 81 KnownIssues 82 GuestScreenSaver 82 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 82 MandrakeLinux8.2 83 Support 83 GeneralInstallationNotes 83 InstallationSteps 83 VMwareTools 84 KnownIssues 85 GuestScreenSaver 85 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 85 MandrakeLinux8.0and8.1 86 Support 86 GeneralInstallationNotes 86 InstallationSteps 86 VMwareTools 87 SettingUpaSymbolicLinktoXFree86 87 KnownIssues 87 InstallationofMandrakeLinux8.0Hangs 87 GuestScreenSaver 87 ShuttingDownMandrakeLinux8.0 88 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 88 NovellLinuxDesktop9 89 Support 89 GeneralInstallationNotes 89 InstallationSteps 89 VMwareTools 89 KnownIssues 90 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 90
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ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 90 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 90 RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0 91 Support 91 32BitVersion 91 64BitVersion 91 GeneralInstallationNotes 91 InstallationSteps 91 VMwareTools 92 KnownIssues 92 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 92 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 92 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 93 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 93 RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5Beta 94 Support 94 32BitVersion 94 64BitVersion 94 GeneralInstallationNotes 94 InstallationSteps 94 VMwareTools 95 KnownIssues 95 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 95 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 95 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 96 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 96 RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0 97 Support 97 32BitVersion 97 64BitVersion 97 GeneralInstallationNotes 98 InstallationSteps 98 VMwareTools 99 KnownIssues 99 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 99 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 99 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 100 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 100 GuestScreenSaver 100 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 100 RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0Update2andUpdate3GuestsDisplayedwithIncorrectOperating SystemTypeinVirtualInfrastructureClient 100 RedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0 101 Support 101 32BitVersion 101 64BitVersion 101 GeneralInstallationNotes 102 InstallationSteps 102 VMwareTools 103 KnownIssues 103 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 103 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 104 GuestScreenSaver 104 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 104
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InstallationonUniprocessorVirtualMachineswithMorethan4GBofMemory 104 MessageaboutTaintedDriver 104 XWindowsSystemFailstoStartinVirtualMachineIfDefaultDepthforDisplayIsSetto24 RedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1 106 Support 106 GeneralInstallationNotes 106 InstallationSteps 107 VMwareTools 108 KnownIssues 108 GuestScreenSaver 108 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 108 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 109 RedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1 110 Support 110 GeneralInstallationNotes 110 InstallationSteps 110 VMwareTools 112 KnownIssues 112 Autopartitioning 112 GuestScreenSaver 112 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 112 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 113 RedHatLinux9.0 114 Support 114 GeneralInstallationNotes 114 InstallationSteps 114 VMwareTools 115 KnownIssues 116 ForcingtheInstallertoReadtheSecondInstallationCD 116 GuestScreenSaver 116 INITErrors,SloworPoorPerformance 116 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 117 GettingaDHCPAddressinaRedHatLinux9.0VirtualMachine 117 MessageaboutTaintedDriver 117 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 117 RedHatLinux8.0 119 Support 119 GeneralInstallationNotes 119 InstallationSteps 119 VMwareTools 120 KnownIssues 120 GuestScreenSaver 120 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 121 MessageaboutTaintedDriver 121 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 121 RedHatLinux7.3 122 Support 122 GeneralInstallationNotes 122 InstallationSteps 122 VMwareTools 123 KnownIssues 124 GuestScreenSaver 124 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 124 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 124
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RedHatLinux7.2 125 Support 125 GeneralInstallationNotes 125 InstallationSteps 125 VMwareTools 126 KnownIssues 127 GuestScreenSaver 127 InstallationHang 127 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 127 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 127 RedHatLinux7.1 128 Support 128 GeneralInstallationNotes 128 InstallationSteps 128 VMwareTools 129 KnownIssues 129 GuestScreenSaver 129 InstallationHang 130 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 130 RedHatLinux7.0 131 Support 131 GeneralInstallationNotes 131 InstallationSteps 131 VMwareTools 132 KnownIssues 132 GuestScreenSaver 132 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 132 RedHatLinux6.2 134 Support 134 GeneralInstallationNotes 134 InstallationSteps 134 VMwareTools 135 KnownIssues 135 GuestScreenSaver 135 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 136 SunJavaDesktopSystem2 137 Support 137 GeneralInstallationNotes 137 InstallationSteps 137 VMwareTools 137 KnownIssues 137 ChangingResolutionintheGuestOperatingSystem 137 VirtualMachineMightHangduringGuestOperatingSystemInstallation 137 GuestScreenSaver 138 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10 139 Support 139 32BitVersion 139 64BitVersion 139 GeneralInstallationNotes 139 InstallationSteps 139 VMwareTools 140 KnownIssues 140 DoNotUse4BitColor 140 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine
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ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 141 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 141 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9 142 Support 142 32BitVersion 142 64BitVersion 142 GeneralInstallationNotes 143 InstallationSteps 143 VMwareTools 144 KnownIssues 144 64bitSLES9withSP1SpontaneouslyResetsonIntelEM64THardware 144 DoNotUse4BitColor 144 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 144 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 144 GuestScreenSaver 145 SLES9SP3GuestExperiencesMonitorPanicinSMPModeonHostwithAMDOpteron Processor 145 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 145 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 145 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer8 146 Support 146 GeneralInstallationNotes 146 InstallationSteps 146 VMwareTools 147 KnownIssues 147 GuestScreenSaver 147 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 147 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 147 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer7 148 Support 148 GeneralInstallationNotes 148 InstallationSteps 148 VMwareTools 148 KnownIssues 149 GuestScreenSaver 149 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 149 SUSELinux10.1 150 Support 150 32BitVersion 150 64BitVersion 150 GeneralInstallationNotes 150 InstallationSteps 150 VMwareTools 151 KnownIssues 151 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine 151 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 151 SUSELinux10 153 Support 153 32BitVersion 153 64BitVersion 153 GeneralInstallationNotes 153 InstallationSteps 153 VMwareTools 154 KnownIssues 154
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ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 154 SUSELinux9.3 156 Support 156 32BitVersion 156 64BitVersion 156 GeneralInstallationNotes 156 InstallationSteps 156 VMwareTools 157 KnownIssues 157 DoNotUse4BitColor 157 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 157 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine GuestScreenSaver 158 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 158 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 158 SUSELinux9.2 159 Support 159 32BitVersion 159 64BitVersion 159 GeneralInstallationNotes 159 InstallationSteps 160 VMwareTools 160 KnownIssues 160 DoNotUse4BitColor 160 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 160 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine GuestScreenSaver 161 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 161 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 161 SUSELinux9.1 162 Support 162 32BitVersion 162 64BitVersion 162 GeneralInstallationNotes 162 InstallationSteps 162 VMwareTools 163 KnownIssues 163 VirtualMachineMightHangduringGuestOperatingSystemInstallation 163 InstallationfromDVDMightStopwithanErrorMessage 163 DoNotUse4BitColor 163 ClockinGuestOperatingSystemMightRunTooQuicklyorTooSlowly 164 ManualChangesMightBeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachine GuestScreenSaver 164 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 164 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 164 SUSELinux9.0 165 Support 165 GeneralInstallationNotes 165 InstallationSteps 165 VMwareTools 165 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 166 KnownIssues 166
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VirtualMachineMightHangduringGuestOperatingSystemInstallation 166 InstallationfromDVDMightStopwithanErrorMessage 166 DoNotUse4BitColor 166 GuestScreenSaver 167 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 167 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 167 SUSELinux8.2 168 Support 168 GeneralInstallationNotes 168 InstallationSteps 168 VMwareTools 169 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 169 KnownIssues 169 VirtualMachineMightHangduringGuestOperatingSystemInstallation 169 InstallationfromDVDMightStopwithanErrorMessage 170 GuestScreenSaver 170 DisablePAEinESXServerVirtualMachines 170 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 170 SUSELinux8.1 171 Support 171 GeneralInstallationNotes 171 InstallationSteps 171 VMwareTools 172 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 172 KnownIssues 172 VirtualMachineMightHangDuringGuestOperatingSystemInstallation 172 GuestScreenSaver 173 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 173 SUSELinux8.0 174 Support 174 GeneralInstallationNotes 174 InstallationSteps 174 VMwareTools 174 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 175 KnownIssues 175 GuestScreenSaver 175 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 175 SUSELinux7.3 177 Support 177 GeneralInstallationNotes 177 InstallationSteps 177 VMwareTools 177 KnownIssues 178 GuestScreenSaver 178 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 178 Turbolinux10Desktop 179 Support 179 GeneralInstallationNotes 179 InstallationSteps 179 VMwareTools 179 KnownIssues 180 GuestScreenSaver 180 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 180 TurbolinuxEnterpriseServer8 181
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Support 181 GeneralInstallationNotes 181 InstallationSteps 181 VMwareTools 181 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 182 KnownIssues 182 GuestScreenSaver 182 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor TurbolinuxWorkstation8 183 Support 183 GeneralInstallationNotes 183 InstallationSteps 183 VMwareTools 183 BeforeYouStarttheXServer 184 KnownIssues 184 GuestScreenSaver 184 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor Turbolinux7.0 185 Support 185 GeneralInstallationNotes 185 InstallationSteps 185 VMwareTools 186 KnownIssues 186 GuestScreenSaver 186 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor UbuntuLinux7.04 187 Support 187 32BitVersion 187 64BitVersion 187 GeneralInstallationNotes 187 InstallationSteps 187 VMwareTools 187 KnownIssues 188 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor UbuntuLinux6.10 189 Support 189 32BitVersion 189 64BitVersion 189 GeneralInstallationNotes 189 InstallationSteps 189 VMwareTools 190 KnownIssues 190 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor UbuntuLinux6.06 191 Support 191 32BitVersion 191 64BitVersion 191 GeneralInstallationNotes 191 InstallationSteps 191 VMwareTools 192 KnownIssues 192 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor UbuntuLinux5.10 193 Support 193
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32BitVersion 193 64BitVersion 193 GeneralInstallationNotes 193 InstallationSteps 193 VMwareTools 193 VMwareToolsand64bitVersionofUbuntuLinux5.10 KnownIssues 194 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 194 UbuntuLinux5.0.4 196 Support 196 32BitVersion 196 64BitVersion 196 GeneralInstallationNotes 196 InstallationSteps 196 VMwareTools 197 KnownIssues 197 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 197 FreeBSD6.1 198 Support 198 32BitVersion 198 GeneralInstallationNotes 198 InstallationSteps 198 VMwareTools 198 KnownIssues 198 Sound 198 GuestScreenSaver 198 FreeBSD6.0 199 Support 199 32BitVersion 199 64BitVersion 199 GeneralInstallationNotes 199 InstallationSteps 199 VMwareTools 199 KnownIssues 199 Sound 199 GuestScreenSaver 200 FreeBSD5.4 201 Support 201 32BitVersion 201 64BitVersion 201 GeneralInstallationNotes 201 InstallationSteps 201 VMwareTools 201 KnownIssues 202 Sound 202 GuestScreenSaver 202 FreeBSD5.3 203 Support 203 32BitVersion 203 64BitVersion 203 GeneralInstallationNotes 203 InstallationSteps 203 VMwareTools 204 KnownIssues 204
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Sound 204 GuestScreenSaver 204 FreeBSD5.2 205 Support 205 GeneralInstallationNotes 205 InstallationSteps 205 VMwareTools 205 KnownIssues 205 Sound 205 GuestScreenSaver 205 FreeBSD5.1 206 Support 206 GeneralInstallationNotes 206 InstallationSteps 206 VMwareTools 206 KnownIssues 206 Sound 206 GuestScreenSaver 206 FreeBSD5.0 207 Support 207 GeneralInstallationNotes 207 InstallationSteps 207 VMwareTools 207 KnownIssues 207 Sound 207 GuestScreenSaver 207 FreeBSD4.11 208 Support 208 GeneralInstallationNotes 208 vmxnetEthernetAdapterRecommendedforESXServer 208 InstallationSteps 208 VMwareTools 208 KnownIssues 208 Sound 208 GuestScreenSaver 208 FreeBSD4.10 209 Support 209 GeneralInstallationNotes 209 vmxnetEthernetAdapterRecommendedforESXServer 209 InstallationSteps 209 VMwareTools 209 KnownIssues 209 Sound 209 GuestScreenSaver 209 FreeBSD4.9 210 Support 210 GeneralInstallationNotes 210 vmxnetEthernetAdapterRecommendedforESXServer 210 InstallationSteps 210 VMwareTools 210 KnownIssues 210 Sound 210 GuestScreenSaver 211 FreeBSD4.4,4.5,4.6.2,4.8 212
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Support 212 GeneralInstallationNotes 212 InstallationSteps 212 VMwareTools 212 KnownIssues 213 Sound 213 GuestScreenSaver 213 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 213 FreeBSD4.0,4.1,4.2,4.3 214 Support 214 GeneralInstallationNotes 214 InstallationSteps 214 VMwareTools 214 KnownIssues 215 SettingtheDiskGeometryforaFreeBSDSCSIVirtualDisk 215 Sound 216 GuestScreenSaver 216 MigrationtoaDifferentProcessor 216 NetWare6.5Server 217 Support 217 GeneralInstallationNotes 217 InstallationSteps 218 VMwareToolsforNetWare6.5GuestOperatingSystems 219 KnownIssues 219 RegainingKeyboardandMouseControlAfterReboot 219 NavigatinginTextMode 219 Netware6.5ServerSP3andSP5InstallationsHangafterSelectionofEthernetDriveronaGuest withNonPassthroughRawDeviceMapping 219 NetwareServerGuestInaccessibleIfInstalledasRDMVirtualMachineUsingtheSameLUNasa PriorWindowsNTRDMGuestInstallation 219 NetWare6.0Server 220 Support 220 GeneralInstallationNotes 220 InstallationSteps 220 VMwareToolsforNetWare6.0GuestOperatingSystems 221 KnownIssues 222 DisconnectingVMwareToolsISOFile 222 InstallationFailureonFirstTry 222 GrabbingtheMousePointer 222 CannotBrowseFileSystemwithArrowKeys 222 Netware6.0ServerSP5CrashesWhenStackDumpExceedstheValidMemoryLimit 222 NetwareServerGuestInaccessibleIfInstalledasRDMVirtualMachineUsingtheSameLUNasa PriorWindowsNTRDMGuestInstallation 222 NetWare5.1Server 224 Support 224 GeneralInstallationNotes 224 InstallationSteps 224 VMwareToolsforNetWare5.1GuestOperatingSystems 225 KnownIssues 226 UpdatedLSILogicSCSIDriver 226 DisconnectingVMwareToolsISOFile 226 Pentium4HostPageFault 226 CannotMountaCDROMasaVolume 226 UsingMorethanOneVirtualNetworkAdapterontheSameNetwork 226
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GrabbingtheMousePointer 226 CannotBrowseFileSystemwithArrowKeys 227 NetwareServerGuestInaccessibleIfInstalledasRDMVirtualMachineUsingtheSameLUNasa PriorWindowsNTRDMGuestInstallation 227 NetWare4.2Server 228 Support 228 GeneralInstallationNotes 228 CreatingandConfiguringtheNetWareVirtualMachine 228 InstallingtheGuestOperatingSystem 228 VMwareToolsforNetWare4.2GuestOperatingSystems 230 NetwareServerGuestInaccessibleIfInstalledasRDMVirtualMachineUsingtheSameLUNasa PriorWindowsNTRDMGuestInstallation 230 Solaris10OperatingSystemforx86Platforms 231 Support 231 32BitVersion 231 64BitVersion 231 GeneralInstallationNotes 232 MemoryRequirementsforSolaris10 232 InstallationSteps 232 VMwareTools(ESXServer3.xOnly) 232 KnownIssues 233 ESXServer3.xSupportsOnlythevmxnetNetworkAdapterDriverforSolaris10Guests 233 UsingSolaris10in32BitModeona64BitHost 233 DisplayTooSmallAfterInstallation 233 PAEMessageDuringInstallation 233 PerformanceProblemsinESXServer3.xVirtualMachineswithFourVirtualProcessorsonHosts withHyperthreading 234 Solaris10GuestsMightBecomeUnresponsiveWhenHalted 234 Solaris101/06(Update1)andSolaris106/06(Update2)GuestswithVirtualSMPMightHang WhenPoweringOn 234 Solaris10GuestCannotEjectISOImageMountedasCDROM 234 64BitSolaris101/06(Update1)andSolaris106/06(Update2)FailwithTripleFaultonIntel PentiumMBasedSystemsMerom,Woodcrest,andConroe 234 Solaris9OperatingSystemx86PlatformEdition 235 Support 235 GeneralInstallationNotes 235 InstallationSteps 235
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Thismanual,theGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide,providesusersofESXServer,GSXServer,VMware Server,VMwareACE,andWorkstationwithinformationaboutchoosingandinstallingguestoperating systemsforVMwarevirtualmachines.
Revision History
Thismanualisrevisedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.Arevisedversioncancontain minorormajorchanges. Table 1. Revision History
Revision 20060502 20060614 2006061920060622 20060711 20060727 20060810 20060816 20061002 20061004 20061005 20061023 20061109 Description includesinformationforESXServer2.5.3 includesinformationforESXServer3.0andVirtualCenter2.0 minorchanges includesinformationforVMwareServer1.0 includesinformationforESXServer2.5.3andESXServer2.1.3patchrelease includesinformationforWorkstation5.5.2; updatesinformationforESXServer2.5.3andESXServer2.1.3patchrelease updatesinformationforVMwareServer1.0.1maintenancerelease includesinformationforESXServer3.0.1 minorchanges includesinformationforESXServer2.5.4 includesinformationforWorkstation4.5.3 addsESXServer3.0.1supportfor64bitSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9; modifiesinformationaboutESXServersupportforMicrosoftClusteringServicewithWindows Server2003SP1 includesinformationforWorkstation5.5.3 modifiesinformationaboutESXServer3.0.1andVMwareServer1.xsupportforSUSELinux EnterpriseServer9 updatesinformationaboutESXServer3.0.xsupportforWindowsVista,WindowsXP,RedHat EnterpriseLinux4.0,andRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0 providesinformationaboutUpdates3and4forRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0andServicePack 3forSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9onESXServer3.0and3.0.1 comparedandmergeddatatotheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuidefromtheVMware ESXServer2.xand3.xSystemCompatibilityGuides updatessupportforSolaris10onESX2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,and3.0.1(32bit)withUpdate3.Also updatessupportforSolaris10onESX3.0.1(64bit)withUpdate3.
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Table 1. Revision History (Continued)

Revision 20070314 Description updatessupportforSupportPack6onNetware6.5onESX2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1.Updates supportforIntelVTon32bitIntelhostsrunning64bitguests.AddsLSILogicadaptersupport forRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0.ProvidesLatestUpdatessectioninthePreface. removessupportfor32bitSolaris10,Update3onESXServer2.5.3and2.5.4and64bitonESX Server3.0.ChangesthedateforSolaris10update6/06.Addsstatementaboutoperating systemsnolongersupportedbythevendor. listsnewsupportforVMwareWorkstation6.0andACE2.0releases.Listsnewsupportfor VisualStudioandEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggers.ListsnewsupportforServicePack2 onESXServerrunning32bitor64bitWindowsServer2003guestoperatingsystem. DescribeshowtoinstalldriversformultimediaaudiocontrollersforWindows2003and WindowsVista.IncludesinformationaboutlackofsupportforUSB2.0driversonWindows95, 98,Me.ProvidesinstructionsforcorrectingdisplayissueswithMandrake10.1.Alsoprovides minorupdatesandcorrections. 20070530 ChangesinstructionsforenablingsoundtoaddingsoundadaptersforGSXandVMware Servers.Describeshow64bitversionofUbuntuLinux5.10lacksthedriverneededforcorrect operationoftheXserver.RevisesinstallinstructionsforRHEL5.0and4.5.Describeshow64bit LinuxguestsonEM64ThardwarerequireExecuteDisablefunctionality.Removessupportfor 64bitWindows2003ServerWebEditiononESXServer.ClarifiessupportforWindows2000on ESXServer.Providesminorcorrectionsandadditions.
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Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems
ThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationaboutthenewestchangesandadditionstotheGuestOperating SystemInstallationGuide,supportedguests,andgeneralnotesoninstallationandsupport.Besuretoreadthe generalguidelinesaswellastheinformationspecifictoyourguestoperatingsystem.

LatestUpdatesonpage 23 SupportedandUnsupportedGuestOperatingSystemsonpage 26 GeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26
Latest Updates
ThesearethechangesorupdatesmadetotheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuidesinceitwaslast published.FindthelatestversionoftheguideonourWebsiteat:http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs. Checkthedateonthecoverpagetodetermineifyourcopyoftheguideisthemostcurrent.
RemovedirrelevantinformationfromtheRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5and5.0installinstructions.See RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0onpage 91andRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5Betaonpage 94. Addedinformationabouthowthe64bitversionofUbuntuLinux5.10lacksthedriverneededforcorrect operationoftheXserver.SeeVMwareToolsand64bitVersionofUbuntuLinux5.10onpage 194. Addedinformationabouthow64bitLinuxguestsonEM64ThardwarerequireExecuteDisable functionality.See64BitLinuxGuestsandExecuteDisableFunctionalityonpage 26,andsee64bit SLES9withSP1SpontaneouslyResetsonIntelEM64THardwareonpage 144. ChangeddescriptionaboutenablingsoundadaptersforGSXandVMwareserverstoaddingsound adapters.SeeSoundAdaptersonGSXandVMwareServersonpage 28. Removedsupportfor64bitWindows2003ServerWebEditiononVMwareACE.See64BitVersionon page 33. ClarifiedsupportforWindows2000onESXServer.SeeSupportonpage 41. Includedminorcorrectionsandadditionstothecontentandimprovementstotheindex.
Supported Guest Operating Systems

ThefollowingtableshowsguestoperatingsystemscompatiblewithparticularVMwareproductsand provideslinkstoinstallationinstructionsforeachguestoperatingsystem. NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine.
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Guest Operating System WindowsVistaonpage 29 WindowsServer2003onpage 33 WindowsXPonpage 37 Windows2000onpage 41 WindowsNT4.0onpage 44 WindowsMeonpage 47 Windows98onpage 49 Windows95onpage 51 DOSandWindows3.1xonpage 54 MandrivaCorporateDesktop4.0onpage 56 MandrivaCorporateServer4onpage 59 MandrivaLinux2007onpage 62 MandrivaLinux2006onpage 65 MandrakeLinux10.1onpage 68 MandrakeLinux10onpage 71 MandrakeLinux9.2onpage 74 MandrakeLinux9.1onpage 77 MandrakeLinux9.0onpage 80 MandrakeLinux8.2onpage 83 MandrakeLinux8.0and8.1onpage 86 NovellLinuxDesktop9onpage 89 RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0onpage 91 RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5Betaonpage 94 RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0onpage 97 RedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0onpage 101 RedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1onpage 106 RedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1on page 110 RedHatLinux9.0onpage 114 RedHatLinux8.0onpage 119 RedHatLinux7.3onpage 122 RedHatLinux7.2onpage 125 RedHatLinux7.1onpage 128 RedHatLinux7.0onpage 131 RedHatLinux6.2onpage 134 SunJavaDesktopSystem2onpage 137 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10onpage 139 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9onpage 142 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer8onpage 146 SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer7onpage 148 5.06.0 5.5.26.0 5.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 2.0 2.0 1.0.12.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 3.23.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.0.1 2.53.0.1 2.03.0.1 5.06.0 5.5.36.0 6.0 5.06.0 4.56.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.0.16.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 1.0.12.0 2.0 2.0 1.0.12.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 3.23.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 2.5.23.0.1 2.0.13.0.1 2.03.0.1 2.03.0.1 2.02.5.4 2.02.5.4 2.02.5.4 2.02.5.4 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 4.06.0 4.06.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 Workstation 5.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 6.0 5.5.36.0 5.5.36.0 5.5.26.0 5.56.0 5.06.0 5.06.0 VMware ACE 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.23.2.1 3.23.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.13.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 GSX Server 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 ESX Server 3.03.0.1 2.03.0.1 2.03.0.1 2.03.0.1 2.03.0.1 VMware Server 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3
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Guest Operating System SUSELinux10.1onpage 150 SUSELinux10onpage 153 SUSELinux9.3onpage 156 SUSELinux9.2onpage 159 SUSELinux9.1onpage 162 SUSELinux9.0onpage 165 SUSELinux8.2onpage 168 SUSELinux8.1onpage 171 SUSELinux8.0onpage 174 SUSELinux7.3onpage 177 Turbolinux10Desktoponpage 179 TurbolinuxEnterpriseServer8onpage 181 TurbolinuxWorkstation8onpage 183 Turbolinux7.0onpage 185 UbuntuLinux7.04onpage 187 UbuntuLinux6.06onpage 191 UbuntuLinux5.10onpage 193 UbuntuLinux5.0.4onpage 196 FreeBSD6.1onpage 198 FreeBSD6.0onpage 199 FreeBSD5.4onpage 201 FreeBSD5.3onpage 203 FreeBSD5.2onpage 205 FreeBSD5.1onpage 206 FreeBSD5.0onpage 207 FreeBSD4.11onpage 208 FreeBSD4.10onpage 209 FreeBSD4.9onpage 210 FreeBSD4.4,4.5,4.6.2,4.8onpage 212 FreeBSD4.0,4.1,4.2,4.3onpage 214 NetWare6.5Serveronpage 217 NetWare6.0Serveronpage 220 NetWare5.1Serveronpage 224 NetWare4.2Serveronpage 228 Solaris10OperatingSystemforx86Platforms onpage 231 Solaris9OperatingSystemx86Platform Editiononpage 235 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.56.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 5.5.26.0 4.5.26.0 4.5.26.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 2.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 3.23.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.13.2.1 3.13.2.1 2.5.33.0.1 2.0.13.0.1 2.0.13.0.1 2.0.13.0.1 Workstation 5.5.26.0 5.56.0 5.56.0 5.06.0 4.5.26.0 4.56.0 4.0.16.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 5.56.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 4.06.0 5.5.36.0 5.5.26.0 5.56.0 5.56.0 5.5.26.0 5.5.26.0 5.56.0 5.56.0 5.06.0 5.06.0 4.56.0 VMware ACE 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0.12.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 2.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 1.02.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.02.0 3.13.2.1 3.23.2.1 3.03.2.1 2.5.4 2.52.5.4 2.5 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.23.2.1 3.13.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 3.03.2.1 2.5.22.5.4 2.5.12.5.4 2.52.5.4 2.12.5.4 2.02.5.4 GSX Server ESX Server VMware Server 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3 1.01.0.3
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Supported and Unsupported Guest Operating Systems

IfyouareusingVMwareWorkstation3.x,VMwareGSXServer2.x,VMwareESXServer1.xoranearlier VMwareproduct,seetheusersmanualthatcamewithyourproductforinstructionsoninstallingguest operatingsystemssupportedbythatproduct. ThisguidecoversWorkstation4.0,VMwareACE1.0,GSXServer3.0,ESXServer2.0,VMwareServer1.0,and laterproducts. ThesectionforeachguestoperatingsystembeginswithanoteindicatingwhichVMwareproductssupport useoftheoperatingsysteminavirtualmachine.Operatingsystemsthatarenotincludedinthisguidearenot supportedforuseundertheVMwareproductscoveredbytheguide.
Operating Systems No Longer Supported by the Vendor

VMwarewillcontinuetosupportoperatingsystemsthatarenolongersupportedbythevendoraslongasthe operatingsystemsarelistedintheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide.However,VMwarewillnotbe responsibleforsolvingproblemsorprovidingpatchesforissuesattributedtotheseoperatingsystems.
64-bit Guest Operating Systems

Requirements for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
Toinstallandruna64bitguestoperatingsystem,youmusthaveasupportedCPUinthehostcomputerand youmustberunningaVMwareproductthatsupports64bitguests.Fordetails,seethedocumentationfor yourVMwareproduct.
Running 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems

Toruna64bitguestoperatingsystemon32bitIntelhardwarewithVTsupport,youmustenableVTonthe hostmachineBIOS. NOTEFormoreinformationaboutsupportfor64bitguestoperatingsystemson32bitIntelhardware, refertoknowledgebasearticle1901atkb.vmware.com/kb/1901.
64-Bit Linux Guests and Execute Disable Functionality

Whenrunninga64bitLinuxguestoperatingsystemonEM64Thardware,makesurethatyouhaveExecute Disable functionality enabled in the host BIOS. This helps to ensure that the Linux guest operating system will run without interruption.
General Guidelines for All VMware Products

Beforestartingtoinstallaguestoperatingsystem,createavirtualmachineandbesurethatitsdevicesareset upasyouexpect.Forexample,ifyouwouldlikenetworkingsoftwaretobeinstalledwhenyouinstalltheguest operatingsystem,besurethevirtualmachinesEthernetadapterisconfiguredandenabled. ThetoolorinterfaceyouusetoconfigurethevirtualmachinedependsontheVMwareproductyouareusing. Anewvirtualmachineislikeaphysicalcomputerwithablankharddisk.Beforeyoucanuseit,youmust partitionandformatthevirtualdiskandinstallanoperatingsystem.Theoperatingsystemsinstallation programmighthandlethepartitioningandformattingstepsforyou. NOTEYoushoulddisableanyscreensaverthatmightberunningonthehostsystembeforeyoustarttoinstall theguestoperatingsystem. Installingaguestoperatingsysteminsideavirtualmachineisessentiallythesameasinstallingitonaphysical computer.
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Thebasicstepstoinstallatypicaloperatingsystem: 1 2 StartWorkstation,VMwareACEManageroraVMwareVirtualMachineConsoleandconnecttothe virtualmachine. InserttheinstallationCDROMorfloppydiskforyourguestoperatingsystemintotheCDROMor floppydrivebeingusedbyyourvirtualmachine. ESXServer2.x:YoumustinserttheinstallationCDROMorfloppydiskinthedriveontheserverwhere thevirtualmachineisrunning.Youcannotusethedrivesonyourmanagementworkstation. GSXServer:Ifyourguestoperatingsystemrequiresafloppydisk,youmustinsertitinthedriveonthe serverwherethevirtualmachineisrunning.Youcannotusethefloppydriveonyourmanagement workstation. NOTERatherthanbootfromaphysicalCDROM,youmightwishtocreateanISOimagefilefromthe installationCDROM.YoucanstoretheISOfileonthehostmachineoronanetworkdriveaccessiblefrom thehostmachine.UsetheconfigurationtoolforyourVMwareproducttoconnectthevirtualmachines CDdrivetotheISOimagefile,andthenpoweronthevirtualmachine. UsinganISOimagefileinthiswaycanbeparticularlyconvenientifyouneedtoinstallthesameoperating systeminmultiplevirtualmachines.Itcanalsohelpyouworkaroundaproblemseeninsomehost configurations,inwhichthevirtualmachineisnotabletobootfromtheinstallationCDROM. NOTEIfyouplantouseaPXEservertoinstalltheguestoperatingsystemoveranetworkconnection, youdonotneedtheoperatingsysteminstallationmedia.Whenyoupoweronthevirtualmachineinthe nextstep,thevirtualmachinedetectsthePXEserver. 3 4 PoweronyourvirtualmachinebyclickingthePowerOnbutton. Followtheinstructionsprovidedbytheoperatingsystemvendor.
Aswithphysicalcomputers,aseparateoperatingsystemlicenseisrequiredforeachvirtualmachineyourun. NOTESomeMicrosoftWindowsOEMdiscsincludedwithnewcomputersarecustomizedforthose computersandincludedevicedriversandotherutilitiesspecifictothehardwaresystem.Evenifyoucan installthisWindowsoperatingsystemonyourphysicalcomputer,youmightnotbeabletoinstallitina virtualmachine.YoumightneedtopurchaseanewcopyofWindowstoinstallinavirtualmachine.
VMware Experimental Feature Support Definition

VMwareincludescertainexperimentalfeaturesinsomeofourproductreleases.Thesefeaturesaretherefor youtotestandexperimentwith.Wedonotexpectthesefeaturestobeusedinaproductionenvironment. However,ifyoudoencounteranyissueswithanexperimentalfeature,weareinterestedinanyfeedbackyou arewillingtoshare.Pleasesubmitasupportrequestthroughthenormalaccessmethodsat http://www.vmware.com/support.Wecannot,however,committotroubleshoot,provideworkarounds,or providefixesfortheseexperimentalfeatures.
Determining Memory Settings for a Virtual Machine

Whenyouconfigurethememorysettingsforavirtualmachine,youshouldconsultthedocumentationforthe guestoperatingsystemyouplantoruninthatvirtualmachine.TheuserinterfaceofyourVMwareproduct providesgeneralguidelinesfortheamountofmemoryrequired,butiftheinterfaceandtheoperatingsystem documentationdonotagree,youshouldrelyontheoperatingsystemdocumentation.
Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System

InVMwareWorkstation6andVMwareServer,youcaninstallVMwareToolsinaLinuxguestoperating systemwhileXisrunning.SeetheVMwareWorkstation6UsersManualfordetails. InallotherVMwareproducts,youmustinstallVMwareToolsfromatextmodescreen.Youcannotinstallfrom aterminalinanXwindowsession.
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SomerecentdistributionsofLinuxareconfiguredtoruntheXserverwhentheybootanddonotprovidean easywaytostoptheXserver.However,youcanswitchtoadifferentworkspacethatisstillintextmodeand installVMwareToolsfromthatworkspace. ToswitchbetweenLinuxworkspacesinavirtualmachine,pressCtrl+Alt+spacebar,releasethespacebar withoutreleasingCtrlandAlt,andthenpressthefunctionkeyfortheworkspaceyouwanttousefor example,F2.IfyouchangeyourhotkeycombinationtosomethingotherthanCtrl+Alt,usethatnew combinationwiththespacebarandthefunctionkey.
Sound Adapters on GSX and VMware Servers

SoundadaptersbydefaultarenotinstalledinavirtualmachineforGSXorVMwareServers.Toaddasound adapter,usethevirtualmachinesettingseditor(VM>Settings)afteryouhaveinstalledtheoperatingsystem. ForinstructionsonconfiguringsoundforavirtualmachineonaGSXorVMwareServer,seethe correspondingserverdocumentation.
Running a Guest Operating System

Forinformationonrunningaguestoperatingsystemandusingitsfeatures,seethedocumentationprovided bytheoperatingsystemvendor.
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Windows Vista
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindowsVista operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
ThisguestoperatingsystemissupportedonthefollowingVMwareproducts:
VMwareWorkstation6.0WindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHomeBasic,VistaHome Premium,andVistaUltimate VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,Vista HomeBasic,andVistaUltimateonWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHome Basic,andVistaUltimateonWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0WindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHomeBasic,VistaHomePremium, andVistaUltimate
ThisoperatingsystemhasexperimentalsupportasaguestoperatingsystemonthefollowingVMware products:
VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4 ExperimentalenhancedsupportforWindowsVistaonWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 ESXServer3.0,3.0.1 ExperimentalsupportforVistaServer VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0WindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHomeBasic,VistaHome Premium,andVistaUltimate VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,Vista HomeBasic,VistaHomePremium,andVistaUltimateonWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHome Basic,VistaHomePremium,andVistaUltimateonWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMP VMwareACE2.0WindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHomeBasic,VistaHomePremium, andVistaUltimate
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4 ExperimentalenhancedsupportforWindowsVistaonWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMP ESXServer3.0,3.0.1 ExperimentalsupportforVistaServer
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VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine.
General Installation Notes

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstalltheWindowsVistainavirtualmachineusingtheWindowsVistadistributionCD.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver.
Installation Steps
IfyouwanttorunWindowsVistainavirtualmachine,besureyouhaveafullinstallationCDfortheoperating system. YoucaninstallWindowsVistaEnterprise,VistaBusiness,VistaHomeBasic,VistaHomePremium,orVista UltimateinavirtualmachineusingthecorrespondingWindowsVistadistributionCD.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.Besurethevirtualmachinehasatleast512MBofRAM.Thehostcomputermusthavemorethan 512MBofRAMtosupportthissetting.Ifyouareinstallingthe32bitversionofWindowsVista,besurethe virtualmachinesharddriveis16GBorlarger.Ifyouareinstallingthe64bitversionofWindowsVista,besure thevirtualmachinesharddriveis24GBorlarger. IfanInternetconnectionisnotavailablewhileinstallinga32bitWindowsVistaguest,thedriverforthe multimediaaudiocontrollerwillnotbeinstalled.TheWindowsDeviceManagerwillindicatethatthedriver forthemultimediaaudiocontrollerismissing.Toinstalltherequireddriver,configureanInternetconnection, andrunWindowsUpdateontheWindowsVistavirtualmachine.
Installing the Guest Operating System

1 2 3 InserttheWindowsVistaCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindowsVista. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
Sound Driver Needed for 64-Bit Guests

VMwareWorkstation5.5.xandVMwareServer:Ifyouwanttousesoundina64bitWindowsVistaguest operatingsystem,youmustusethedriveravailableontheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download/ws/drivers_tools.htmlunderVMaudioDriver(experimental).
Known Issues
Opening VMware Tools Control Panel
ToopentheVMwareToolscontrolpanelonaWindowsVistaguest,youneedtobeloggedinasan administratoruser.
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Warnings When Installing VMware Tools on Some VMware Products

WindowsVistausesanewmethodtoinstalldrivers.Asaresult,anddependinguponwhichVMwareproduct youareusing,youmayseewarningmessagesatseveralstagesduringinstallationofVMwareToolsin WindowsVistaguestoperatingsystems.Sometimesthesemessagesarehidden.Thedriverinstallation appearstohang.However,ifyoupressAlt+Tab,youcanbringthewarningmessagetotheforeground.There aretwotypesofmessages.
AmessagethatsaysthedriverisnotAuthenticodesigned.Whenyouseeoneofthesemessages,click InstallNowtocontinueinstallingVMwareTools. AmessagethatsaysthedriverpackageisnotcompatiblewithWindowsVista.Whenyouseeoneofthese messages,clickCanceltocontinueinstallingVMwareTools.
YoumightalsoseeamessageaskingyoutorestartbeforetheVMwareToolsinstallerhasfinished.Donot restarttheguestoperatingsystematthattime.WaituntiltheInstallationWizardCompletedscreenappears, clickFinish,andthenrestarttheguestoperatingsystemwhenyouarepromptedtodoso.
Network Adapter Change Needed for Some VMware Products

TheAMDEthernetcarddriverisnotincludedwithWindowsVista.TousenetworkinginaWindowsVista guestoperatingsystemontheVMwareproductsspecifiedinthissection,youmustchangethenetwork adapter.AdriverforthevmxnetadapterisincludedinVMwareTools. GSXServer:ChooseVM>Settings>NetworkAdapter(Windows)orVM>Settings>NIC(Linux),andselect vmxnetasthevirtualdevicetouse.TheninstallVMwareTools.Adriverforthevmxnetadapterisincluded inVMwareTools. VMwareWorkstation4.xorlower,orVMwareACE,onaWindowshost:UseatexteditorsuchasNotepad toedittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforyourWindowsVistavirtualmachine.Addthefollowingline:
Ethernet[n].virtualDev = "vmxnet"
Replace[n]withthenumberoftheEthernetadapter.ThefirstEthernetadapterisnumber0,sothelineforthat adapteris
Ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet"
IncludealineforeachEthernetadapterconfiguredforthevirtualmachine.TheninstallVMwareTools.A driverforthevmxnetadapterisincludedinVMwareTools. VMwareWorkstation4.xorloweronaLinuxhost:ChooseVM>Settings,selectNetworkAdapter,andthen selectvmxnetasthevirtualdevicetouse.TheninstallVMwareTools.Adriverforthevmxnetadapteris includedinVMwareTools. VMwareWorkstation5.0.x:InstallVMwareTools.AdriverforthenetworkadapterisincludedinVMware Tools. VMwareWorkstation5.5.xandVMwareServer1.x:InstallVMwareTools.Avmxnetdriverforthenetwork adapterisincludedinVMwareTools.InstallingVMwareToolsautomaticallyswitchesthenetworkadapterto vmxnet,andinstallsthevmxnetdriver. Alternatively,youcanchangethenetworkadaptertoe1000(theIntelPRO/1000MTAdapter)beforeinstalling WindowsVista.UseatexteditorsuchasNotepadtoedittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforyourWindowsVista virtualmachine.Addthefollowingline:
Ethernet[n].virtualDev = "e1000"
Ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
IncludealineforeachEthernetadapterconfiguredforthevirtualmachine. ESXServer2.x:IntheHardwarepage,underNetworkAdapter,clickEdit.IntheNetworkAdapterpage,in theDeviceBindinglist,selectthevirtualnetworkdevicethatyouwantthevirtualmachinetouse.Inthe
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VirtualDevicelist,choosevmxnet.TheninstallVMwareTools.Adriverforthevmxnetadapterisincludedin VMwareTools. ESXServer3.x:InstallVMwareTools.AvmxnetdriverforthenetworkadapterisincludedinVMwareTools. InstallingVMwareToolsautomaticallyswitchesthenetworkadaptertovmxnet,andinstallsthevmxnet driver. Alternatively,youcanchangethenetworkadaptertoe1000(theIntelPRO/1000MTAdapter)beforeinstalling WindowsVista.UseatexteditorsuchasNotepadtoedittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforyourWindowsVista virtualmachine.Addthefollowingline:

Ethernet[n].virtualDev = "e1000"
Ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
IncludealineforeachEthernetadapterconfiguredforthevirtualmachine.
Guest Screen Saver

OnaLinuxhostwithanXFree863.xXserver,itisbestnottorunascreensaverintheguestoperatingsystem. GuestscreensaversthatdemandalotofprocessingpowercancausetheXserveronthehosttofreeze.
Checked (Debug) Build

VMwareGSXServer:Inordertoinstallandrunachecked(debug)buildofWindowsVistainavirtual machine,youmustfirsteditthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfile(.vmx).Addthefollowingline: uhci.forceHaltBit = TRUE
Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines

EXSServer2.5.x:AlthoughESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinesarecompatiblewithPhysicalAddressExtension (PAE),theyarenotoptimizedforit.Asaresult,guestoperatingsystemswithPAEenabledmightexperience poorperformance.Forbestperformance,VMwarerecommendsthatyoudisablePAEinguestoperating systems.FormoreinformationandinstructionsondisablingPAE,seetheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2020. EXSServer3.x:NotethatdisablingPAEalsodisablesNX(noexecute)andED(executedisabled)features foundinrecentAMDandIntelprocessors.ThesefeaturesarenotsupportedbyESXServerversionsbefore ESXServer3.x.
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Windows Server 2003

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindowsServer 2003operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4, 6.0WindowsServer2003WebEdition,StandardEdition,EnterpriseEdition,WindowsSmallBusiness Server2003 WindowsServer2003R2supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsServer2003WebEdition,Standard Edition,EnterpriseEdition,SmallBusinessServer2003,andWindowsServer2003R2Serveron Workstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsServer2003WebEdition,StandardEdition, EnterpriseEdition,SmallBusinessServer2003,andWindowsServer2003R2ServeronWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0WindowsServer2003WebEdition,StandardEdition,Enterprise Edition,WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003 ServicePack1supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1WindowsServer2003WebEdition,StandardEdition,Enterprise Edition,WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003 ServicePack1supportedonGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3WindowsServer2003WebEdition,StandardEdition,Enterprise EditionWindowsSmallBusinessServer2003,WindowsServer2003R2 ServicePack1supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1WindowsServer2003 WebEdition,StandardEdition,EnterpriseEdition WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003supportedonESXServer2.5,3.0,3.0.1 WindowsServer2003R2supportedonESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 ServicePack1supportedonESXServer2.1.2UpgradePatch4 ServicePack1supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 ServicePack2supportedonESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 WindowsServer2003x64EditionSP1supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 WindowsServer2003R2supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionand WindowsServer2003R2ServeronWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionandWindows Server2003R2ServeronWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0WindowsServer2003StandardEdition,EnterpriseEdition,WindowsSmallBusiness Server2003 ServicePack1supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0
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VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3(WindowsServer2003ServicePack1andWindowsServer2003R2 only) Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ESXServer3.0.1 StandardEdition,EnterpriseEdition WindowsServer2003R2supportedonESXServer3.0.1 ServicePack1supportedonESXServer3.0.1 ServicePack2supportedonESXServer3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
ThisguestoperatingsystemhasexperimentalsupportonthefollowingVMwareproducts:
ESXServer3.0 StandardEdition,EnterpriseEdition

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindowsServer2003,WebEdition,StandardEditionorEnterpriseEditionorWindowsSmall BusinessServer2003inavirtualmachineusingthecorrespondingWindowsServer2003distributionCD.If yourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. IfanInternetconnectionisnotavailablewhileinstallingaWindowsServer2003guest,thedriverforthe multimediaaudiocontrollerwillnotbeinstalled.TheWindowsDeviceManagerwillindicatethatthedriver forthemultimediaaudiocontrollerismissing.Toinstalltherequireddriver,configureanInternetconnection, andrunWindowsUpdateontheWindowsServer2003virtualmachine. VMwareWorkstationorVMwareACE:IfyouareusingthevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter,WindowsServer 2003automaticallyinstallstheSCSIdriverwhenyouinstalltheguestoperatingsystem.Tousethevirtual BusLogicSCSIadapterinaWindowsServer2003virtualmachineunderVMwareWorkstationorVMware ACE,youneedaspecialSCSIdriveravailablefromthedownloadsectionoftheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetousethedriverwithafresh installationofWindowsServer2003.IfyouhaveavirtualmachinewithaSCSIvirtualdiskandaWindows NTorWindows2000guestoperatingsystemandwanttoupgradeittoWindowsServer2003,installthenew SCSIdriverbeforeupgradingtheoperatingsystem. GSXServer,ESXServerorVirtualCenter:IfyouareusingthevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter,WindowsServer 2003automaticallyinstallstheSCSIdriverwhenyouinstalltheguestoperatingsystem.Ifyouareusingthe virtualBusLogicSCSIadapter,youneedaspecialSCSIdriveravailablefromthedownloadsectionofthe VMwareWebsiteatwww.vmware.com/download.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetousethedriver withafreshinstallationofWindowsServer2003.IfyouhaveavirtualmachinewithaSCSIvirtualdiskand anearlierWindowsguestoperatingsystemandwanttoupgradeittoWindowsServer2003,installthenew SCSIdriverbeforeupgradingtheoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
IfyouwanttorunWindowsServer2003inavirtualmachine,besureyouhaveafullinstallationCDforthe operatingsystem. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.

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InserttheWindowsServer2003CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindowsServer2003.
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IfyouareusingthevirtualBusLogicSCSIdriverdownloadedfromtheVMwareWebsite,youmusttake somespecialstepsatthispointintheinstallationprocess.AstheWindowsServer2003installerloads, presstheF6key.ThisallowsyoutoselecttheadditionalSCSIdriverrequiredforinstallation.PressSto specifytheadditionaldriver.AfteryouspecifytheSCSIdriver,pressEntertocontinuewithsetup. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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VMwareWorkstation6.0andVMwareServer:Ifyouwanttousesoundina64bitWindowsServer2003 guestoperatingsystem,youmustusethedriveravailableontheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download/ws/drivers_tools.htmlunderVMaudioDriver(experimental).
Known Issues
Product Activation
TheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003productactivationfeaturecreatesanumericalkeybasedonthevirtual hardwareinthevirtualmachinewhereitisinstalled.Changesintheconfigurationofthevirtualmachine mightrequireyoutoreactivatetheoperatingsystem.Therearesomestepsyoucantaketominimizethe numberofsignificantchanges.
SetthefinalmemorysizeforyourvirtualmachinebeforeyouactivateWindowsServer2003.Whenyou crosscertainthresholdsapproximately32MB,64MB,128MB,256MB,512MBand1GBtheproduct activationfeatureseesthechangesassignificant. NOTEThesizereportedtotheWindowsproductactivationfeatureisslightlylessthantheactualamount configuredforthevirtualmachine.Forexample,128MBisinterpretedasfallinginthe64MB127MB range.
InstallVMwareToolsbeforeyouactivateWindowsServer2003.WhentheSVGAdriverintheVMware Toolspackageisinstalled,itactivatesfeaturesinthevirtualgraphicsadapterthatmakeitappearto WindowsServer2003asanewgraphicsadapter. Ifyouwanttoexperimentwithanyotheraspectsofthevirtualmachineconfiguration,dosobefore activatingWindowsServer2003.Keepinmindthattypicallyyouhave14daysforexperimentationbefore youhavetoactivatetheoperatingsystem.(YourEULAmightdefineadifferentperiodbeforeactivation isrequired.)
FormoredetailsonWindowsServer2003productactivation,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.
Display Hardware Acceleration

WindowsServer2003hasdisplayadapterhardwareaccelerationdisabledbydefault.Thisslowsdown graphicsperformanceandmouseresponsivenessintheguestoperatingsystem. ToenablehardwareaccelerationinaWindowsServer2003guest,opentheControlPanel,andthenopenthe DisplayPropertiescontrolpanel.OntheSettingstab,clickAdvanced.OntheTroubleshoottab,dragthe HardwareaccelerationsliderallthewaytoFull.
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Hibernation
Shouldyouexperiencedifficultieswiththehibernationfeatureforthisguestoperatingsystem,suspendthe virtualmachineinstead.

VMwareGSXServer:Inordertoinstallandrunachecked(debug)buildofWindowsServer2003inavirtual machine,youmustfirsteditthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfile(.vmx).Addthefollowingline: uhci.forceHaltBit = TRUE
ESX Server and Support Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows Server 2003 SP1
ForinformationaboutsupportofMicrosoftClusteringService(MSCS)withWindows2003SP1,seethe knowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2021.
vlance Ethernet Adapter Fails to Start for Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine in PAE Mode
VMwareESXServer,VMwareWorkstation:InaWindowsServer2003virtualmachineinPAEmode,the vlanceEthernetadapterfailstostart.VMwarerecommendsthatyoudownloadandinstalltheNDIS5Driver forAMDPCnetEthernetAdapter,version4.5.1,fromtheAMDWebsiteat http://www.amd.com/usen/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_6629_2452%5E2454%5E2 486,00.html

ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation
EXSServer2.5.x:AfteryouinstallVMwareToolsonanESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinethatisrunning MicrosoftWindows,theVMwareToolsinstallerasksyoutorebootthevirtualmachine.Ifyouchoosenotto rebootatthattime,andsubsequentlyremovepowerfromthevirtualmachine,eitherbyusingthebutton PowerOffVirtualMachineintheremoteconsole,orbyshuttingdowntheESXServer,youmightthenbe unabletopoweronthevirtualmachineagain.Whenyouattempttodoso,thevirtualmachinemightfailto bootup,displayingthemessageSTOP 0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.Toavoidthisproblem, afterinstallingVMwareTools,besuretorebootthevirtualmachinewhentheVMwareToolsinstallerprompts you.
On Intel Woodcrest-Based Hosts, Installing 64-Bit Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2 in Virtual Machine Might Cause Virtual Machine to Crash
EXSServer3.0.1:OnESXServer3.0.1hostsrunningonIntelWoodcrestprocessors,installing64BitWindows 2003EnterpriseServerR2inavirtualmachinemightcausethevirtualmachinetocrashtobluescreenwiththe stopcode STOP: 0x00000109.Testingindicatesthatthisproblemoccursintermittently,inapproximately10 percentofinstallations.
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Windows XP
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindowsXP operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4, 6.0WindowsXPProfessionalandHomeEdition ServicePack1supportedonalllistedversions ServicePack2supportedonWorkstation4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsXPProfessionalonWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsXPProfessionalonWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0WindowsXPProfessionalandHomeEdition ServicePack1or2alsosupported VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1WindowsXPProfessionalandHomeEdition ServicePack1supportedonGSXServer3.0,3.1and3.2,3.2.1 ServicePack2supportedonGSXServer3.1and3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3WindowsXPProfessional ServicePack1or2alsosupported Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1WindowsXP Professional,ServicePack1or2 TwowayVirtualSMPsupportedonESXServer3.0.1
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0WindowsXPProfessional VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsXPProfessionalonWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindowsXPProfessionalonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0WindowsXPProfessionalandHomeEdition ServicePack1or2alsosupported VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3WindowsXPProfessional VMwareESXServer3.0.1WindowsXPProfessional,ServicePack1or2 TwowayVirtualSMPsupportedonESXServer3.0.1

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindowsXPHomeEditionorProfessionalinavirtualmachineusingthecorresponding WindowsXPdistributionCD.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. VMwareWorkstationorVMwareACE:TousethevirtualBusLogicSCSIadapterinaWindowsXPvirtual machine,youneedaspecialSCSIdriveravailablefromthedownloadsectionoftheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetousethedriverwithafresh
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installationofWindowsXP.IfyouhaveavirtualmachinewithaSCSIvirtualdiskandaWindows9x, WindowsMe,WindowsNTorWindows2000guestoperatingsystemandwanttoupgradeittoWindowsXP, installthenewSCSIdriverbeforeupgradingtheoperatingsystem. GSXServer,ESXServerorVirtualCenter:IfyouareusingthevirtualBusLogicSCSIadapter,youneeda specialSCSIdriveravailablefromthedownloadsectionoftheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetousethedriverwithafresh installationofWindowsXP. GSXServerorESXServer:IfyouareusingthevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter,youmustdownloadthedriver fromthedownloadcenterattheLSILogicWebsite.Gotohttp://www.lsilogic.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do anddownloadfortheLSI20320RSCSIadapterdriverforyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetailson installingthisdriver,seetheVMwareESXServerAdministrationGuide.TheLSILogicWebsitealsoprovidesan InstallationGuidefortheLSILogicFusionMPTDriver:SYMMPI.SYSV1.xx.xx,located(atthetimeofthisGuest OperatingSystemInstallationGuidespublication)at www.lsilogic.com/files/support/ssp/fusionmpt/WinXP/symmpi_xp_12018.txt. IfyouwanttorunWindowsXPHomeEditionorProfessionalinavirtualmachine,besureyouhaveafull installationCDfortheoperatingsystem. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheinstallationCDintheCDROMdrive. Poweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingtheguestoperatingsystem. IfyouareusingthevirtualBusLogicSCSIdriverdownloadedfromtheVMwareWebsiteortheLSILogic SCSIdriverdownloadedfromtheLSILogicWebsite,youmusttakesomespecialstepsatthispointinthe installationprocess.AstheWindowsXPinstallerloads,presstheF6key.Thisallowsyoutoselectthe additionalSCSIdriverrequiredforinstallation.PressStospecifytheadditionaldriver.Afteryouspecify theSCSIdriver,pressEntertocontinuewithsetup. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
VMware Tools

VMwareWorkstation5.5.xandVMwareServer:ifyouwanttousesoundina64bitWindowsXP Professionalguestoperatingsystem,youmustusethedriveravailableontheVMwareWebsiteat www.vmware.com/download/ws/drivers_tools.htmlunderVMaudioDriver(experimental).
Known Issues
Product Activation
TheMicrosoftWindowsXPproductactivationfeaturecreatesanumericalkeybasedonthevirtualhardware inthevirtualmachinewhereitisinstalled.Changesintheconfigurationofthevirtualmachinemightrequire youtoreactivatetheoperatingsystem.Therearesomestepsyoucantaketominimizethenumberof significantchanges.
SetthefinalmemorysizeforyourvirtualmachinebeforeyouactivateWindowsXP.Whenyoucross certainthresholdsapproximately32MB,64MB,128MB,256MB,512MBand1GBtheproduct activationfeatureseesthechangesassignificant.
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NOTEThesizereportedtotheWindowsproductactivationfeatureisslightlylessthantheactualamount configuredforthevirtualmachine.Forexample,128MBisinterpretedasfallinginthe64MB127MB range.
InstallVMwareToolsbeforeyouactivateWindowsXP.WhentheSVGAdriverintheVMwareTools packageisinstalled,itactivatesfeaturesinthevirtualgraphicsadapterthatmakeitappeartoWindows XPasanewgraphicsadapter. Ifyouwanttoexperimentwithanyotheraspectsofthevirtualmachineconfiguration,dosobefore activatingWindowsXP.Keepinmindthatyouhave30daysforexperimentationbeforeyouhaveto activatetheoperatingsystem.
FormoredetailsonWindowsXPproductactivation,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.
PAE Message During Installation

VMwareWorkstation5.0:IfyouareinstallingtheguestoperatingsystemonaVMwareWorkstation, 5.0orlower,onahostcomputerthathasPAEtechnology,youmightgetanerrormessage.Theerror messageindicatestheguestoperatingsystemistryingtousePAE.Discontinuetheinstallation processifthisoccurs,andenablePAEfortheaffectedvirtualmachine. ToenablePAEforthevirtualmachine: 1 2 Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoff. Edittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforthevirtualmachinebyaddingthefollowinglinetothefile:
paevm="true"
Poweronthevirtualmachineandinstalltheguestoperatingsystem.
Guest Screen Saver

VMwareWorkstation:OnaLinuxhostwithanXFree863.xXserver,itisbestnottorunascreensaverinthe guestoperatingsystem.GuestscreensaversthatdemandalotofprocessingpowercancausetheXserveron thehosttofreeze.
Hibernation
Shouldyouexperiencedifficultieswiththehibernationfeatureforthisguestoperatingsystem,suspendthe virtualmachineinstead.

VMwareGSXServer:Inordertoinstallandrunachecked(debug)buildofWindowsXPinavirtualmachine, youmustfirsteditthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfile(.vmx).Addthefollowingline: uhci.forceHaltBit = TRUE

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Windows 2000
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindows2000 operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4, 6.0Windows2000ProfessionalandWindowsServer,ServicePack1,2,3,or4(listedversionsalso supportedwithnoservicepack) Windows2000AdvancedServer,ServicePack3or4 VisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindows2000AdvancedServer,Windows2000 Professional,andWindows2000ServeronWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforWindows2000AdvancedServer,Windows2000 Professional,andWindows2000ServeronWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0Windows2000Professional,ServerandAdvancedServer, ServicePack1,2,3or4(listedversionsalsosupportedwithnoservicepack) VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1Windows2000Professional,ServerandAdvancedServer,Service Pack1,2,3,or4 Windows2000ProfessionalServicePack4checkedbuild VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3Windows2000ProfessionalandServer,ServicePack1,2,3,or4 (listedversionsalsosupportedwithnoservicepack) Windows2000AdvancedServer,ServicePack3or4 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.1,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1Windows2000Server, AdvancedServer,andTerminalServicesEdition,ServicePack3or4 Windows2000ProfessionalServicePack4supportedonESXServer2.0.2,2.1.3,2.5.1,2.5.3 Windows2000Server,AdvancedServer,andTerminalServicesEdition,ServicePack4UpdateRollup1 supportedonESXServer2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallasupportedversionofWindows2000inavirtualmachineusingthecorrespondingWindows 2000distributionCD.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. ESXServerorVirtualCenter:IfyouareusingthevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter,youmustdownloadthe driverfromthedownloadcenterattheLSILogicWebsite.Goto http://www.lsilogic.com/cm/DownloadSearch.doanddownloadfortheLSI20320RSCSIadapterdriverfor yourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetailsoninstallingthisdriver,seetheVMwareESXServerAdministration Guide. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
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VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. AfteryouinstallVMwareTools,youmustchangeyourWindows2000screenareatobegreaterthan640x480 pixels;ifyoudonotchangeit,Windows2000usesthestandardVGAdriver,andyourperformancewillsuffer.
Known Issues
Guest Screen Saver
Service Pack 3
AWindows2000guestwithServicePack3installedmightfailtoboot.Adialogboxappears,sayingThe LogonUserInterfaceDLLmsgina.dllfailedtoload. YoucanresolvethisproblembyinstallingServicePack4.RefertothisVMwareKnowledgeBasearticle: www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=907. IfyoudonotwanttoupgradetoServicePack4,youcanworkaroundtheproblem.Besurethevirtualmachine isnotrunning,andthenuseatexteditortoaddthefollowinglinetothevirtualmachinesconfigurationfile:
MAGICBOOT1 = 700
Ifavalueof700(representing700microseconds)doesnotenableyoutostarttheguestoperatingsystem, experimentwithhighervalues.Increasethenumberto800forthesecondtry,900forthethirdtryandsoon untilthegueststarts. Ifyouarebootingmultiplevirtualmachinesorrunningotherstressfulworkloadsatthesametime,youmight needtoassignahighermagicboot1value.Forfasterboottimes,youcanexperimentwithvaluesbetween1 and700tofindthesmallestvaluethatallowsthevirtualmachinetoboot.
Installation Hangs
VMwareGSXServer:Iftheinstallationoftheguestoperatingsystemhangs,searchourKnowledgeBaseat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.phpforapossibleanswertoyourproblem.

EXSServer2.5.x:AfteryouinstallVMwareToolsonanESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinethatisrunning MicrosoftWindows,theVMwareToolsinstallerasksyoutorebootthevirtualmachine.Ifyouchoosenotto rebootatthattime,andsubsequentlyremovepowerfromthevirtualmachine,eitherbyusingthebutton PowerOffVirtualMachineintheremoteconsole,orbyshuttingdowntheESXServer,youmightthenbe
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unabletopoweronthevirtualmachineagain.Whenyouattempttodoso,thevirtualmachinemightfailto bootup,displayingthemessageSTOP 0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.Toavoidthisproblem, afterinstallingVMwareTools,besuretorebootthevirtualmachinewhentheVMwareToolsinstallerprompts you.
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Windows NT 4.0
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindowsNT4.0 operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4, 6.0ServicePack6arequired NosupportforVirtualSMP VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0ServicePack6arequired VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1ServicePack6arequired VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3ServicePack6arequired NosupportforVirtualSMP VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1ServicePack6a required NosupportforVirtualSMP

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindowsNT4.0(WorkstationorServer)inavirtualmachineusingthestandardWindowsNT CD.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. VMwareGSXServer:IfyouintendtorunaWindowsNTvirtualmachinewithIDEvirtualdisksona multiprocessorhostcomputer,youmightnoticeslowerthanexpecteddiskinput/outputperformance.For moreinformation,seeDiskPerformanceinWindowsNTGuestsonMultiprocessorHostsintheGSXServer documentation. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheWindowsNTCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindowsNT. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine. VirtualdiskssupportDMAtransfersforbetterperformance. YoucanenablethefeatureafterinstallingWindowsNT.YouneedtheNTServicePack3or4CDtoenable thisoption.OncethevirtualmachineisrunningWindowsNT,inserttheSP3orSP4CDinthedrive,run DMACHECK.EXEfromthe\SUPPORT\UTILS\I386folderontheCDandclicktheEnabledoptionforthe IDEcontroller/channelthatisconfiguredwiththevirtualdisk(typicallychannel0only,unlessyouhave thevirtualmachineconfiguredwithmultiplevirtualdisks).
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NOTETheDMAoptionshouldnotbeenabledforanyIDEchannelthathasaCDROMdriveconfigured forit.EnablingDMAforsuchaconfigurationcausesanerror.IfyouhaveavirtualdiskandaCDROM attachedasmasterandslavetotheprimaryIDEcontroller(channel0)andyouwanttoenableDMA, poweroffthevirtualmachineandusetheConfigurationEditortomovetheCDROMtothesecondary IDEcontroller(channel1)atIDE1:0.ThenbootthevirtualmachinewithWindowsNT,runDMACHECK andenableDMAforchannel0only. NOTEDMAisalwaysenabledonSCSIvirtualdisks.
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Setting up a Windows NT 4.0 Guest with Multiple Disks

TosetupavirtualmachinerunningWindowsNT4.0andusingmultipledisks,youmustfirstcreateavirtual machinewithonlyonedisk.InstallWindowsNTonthatdisk.Thenusetheconfigurationtoolsinyour VMwareproducttoaddtheadditionaldisks. Inaddition,notethatifyouhaveaWindowsNT4.0guestwithaSCSIvirtualdisk,youcannotaddbothan additionalSCSIdiskandanIDEdisktotheconfiguration.
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows NT

IfnetworkingwasdisabledatthetimeyouinstalledWindowsNT,youcanenableitafterinstallingthe operatingsystem.ShutdownWindowsNTandpoweroffthevirtualmachine.Addthenetworkadapterto thevirtualmachinesconfiguration,andthenfollowtheinstructionsbelowtoinstallthenetworkdriverinthe WindowsNTguestoperatingsystem. 1 2 3 Poweronthevirtualmachine. WhileWindowsNTisbooting,inserttheWindowsNT4.0CDintheCDROMdrive. LogontoWindowsNTandinstalltheAMDPCNETdriver: a b c d e OpentheNetworkpropertiespagebydoubleclickingtheNetworkiconinControlPanel.Changeto theNetworkAdaptersscreenbyclickingtheAdapterstab. ClicktheAddbuttonandselecttheAMDPCNETFamilyEthernetAdapterfromthelist. AmessagepopsuppromptingyoutoenterapathfortheWindowsNTfiles.Specifythe\i386folder ontheCDinthepathyouenter(forexample,typeD:\i386iftheCDisindriveD)andclickContinue. WindowsNTsetuppromptsyoufortheWindowsNTfilesagain.ClickContinue. Usethedefaultadaptersettings;theydonotneedtobechanged.WindowsNTsetuppromptsyou againforapathtotheWindowsNTfiles.ClickContinuetofinishinstallingthedriver.
Known Issues
Guest Screen Saver
Memory Limits if Installing with No Service Pack

IfyourWindowsNT4.0installationdiscdoesnotincludeatleastServicePack2,youcannotinstallthe operatingsysteminavirtualmachinethathasmorethan3,444MBofmemory.Toworkaroundtheproblem, temporarilyreducethememorysizeofthevirtualmachineto3,444MBorless,installWindowsNT,install ServicePack6a,andthensetthememorysizetothevalueyouwant.
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EXSServer2.5.x:AlthoughESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinesarecompatiblewithPhysicalAddressExtension (PAE),theyarenotoptimizedforit.Asaresult,guestoperatingsystemswithPAEenabledmightexperience poorperformance.Forbestperformance,VMwarerecommendsthatyoudisablePAEinguestoperating systems.FormoreinformationandinstructionsondisablingPAE,seetheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2020.
EXSServer2.5.x:AfteryouinstallVMwareToolsonanESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinethatisrunning MicrosoftWindows,theVMwareToolsinstallerasksyoutorebootthevirtualmachine.Ifyouchoosenotto rebootatthattime,andsubsequentlyremovepowerfromthevirtualmachine,eitherbyusingthebutton PowerOffVirtualMachineintheremoteconsole,orbyshuttingdowntheESXServer,youmightthenbe unabletopoweronthevirtualmachineagain.Whenyouattempttodoso,thevirtualmachinemightfailto bootup,displayingthemessageSTOP 0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.Toavoidthisproblem, afterinstallingVMwareTools,besuretorebootthevirtualmachinewhentheVMwareToolsinstallerprompts you.
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Windows Me
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheWindowsMe operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 NosupportforVirtualSMP VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 NosupportforVirtualSMP

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindowsMillenniumEditioninavirtualmachineusingthestandardWindowsMeCD.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheWindowsMeCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindowsMe. ChoosetobootfromCDROM,andthenselecttheoptionStartWindowsMeSetupfromCDROM.The setupprogramrunsFDISKandreboots. Onceagain,choosetobootfromCDROM,andthenselecttheoptionStartWindowsMeSetupfrom CDROM.ThesetupprogramcontinuesinstallingWindowsMe. FollowtheWindowsMeinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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Known Issues
Guest Screen Saver
Lack of Support for USB 2.0 Drivers

Workstation6.0:ThisguestoperatingsystemdoesnotprovidedriversforUSB2.0onWorkstation6.0.Asa result,whenyouinstallthisoperatingsystem,awarningwilldisplayindicatingthatthedevicedriverforUSB 2.0cannotbefound.Toresolvethisissue,disabletheUSBControllerontheguest.
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TodisabletheUSB2.0controller: 1 2 3 4 Openthevirtualmachinesettingseditor(VM>Settings). SelectSettingstoopentheVirtualMachineSettingsdialogbox. SelectHardware,anddeselecttheEnableUSB2.0checkboxfortheUSBController. ClickOK.
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Windows 98
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindows98inavirtualmachineusingthestandardWindows98CD.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 InserttheWindows98CDintheCDROMdrive. NOTESomeWindows98packagesrequirethatyoubootfromafloppydisk.Ifyouhavesuchapackage, insertthebootfloppyinthefloppydiskdrive.Followtheonscreeninstructions.BesuretorunFDISK andFORMATwhentheinstallerpromptsyoutodoso. 2 3 4 5 PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindows98. ChoosetobootfromCDROM,andthenselecttheoptionStartWindows98SetupfromCDROM.The setupprogramrunsFDISKandreboots. Onceagain,choosetobootfromCDROM,andthenselecttheoptionStartWindows98Setupfrom CDROM.ThesetupprogramcontinuesinstallingWindows98. FollowtheWindows98installationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPC.
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Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98

IfnetworkingwasdisabledatthetimeyouinstalledWindows98,youcanenableitaftertheoperatingsystem hasbeeninstalled.Tosetupnetworkingforavirtualmachine,poweroffthevirtualmachineandadda networkadaptertotheconfiguration.Whenyoupoweronthevirtualmachine,Windows98automatically detectsanAMDPCNETFamilyEthernetAdapter(PCIISA)andpromptsfortheWindows98CDROMto installdrivers.ThedefaultEthernetadaptersettingsshouldworkwellanddonotneedtobechanged.Usethe
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NetworkiconintheWindows98ControlPaneltovieworchangenetworksettings.Forexample,youmight wanttoaddtheTCP/IPprotocolsinceWindows98doesnotinstallitbydefault.
Known Issues
Phantom COM Ports
AfterWindows98hasbeeninstalled,youmightnoticeCOM5andCOM6devicesexistwithintheWindows DeviceManager.ThesedevicesdonotactuallyexistandarenotconsumingIRQorotherresources.Youcan removethemusingtheWindowsdevicemanagerifyoulike.
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Workstation6.0:ThisguestoperatingsystemdoesnotprovidedriversforUSB2.0onWorkstation6.0.Asa result,whenyouinstallthisoperatingsystem,awarningwilldisplayindicatingthatthedevicedriverforUSB 2.0cannotbefound.Toresolvethisissue,disabletheUSBControllerontheguest. TodisabletheUSB2.0controller: 1 2 3 4 Openthevirtualmachinesettingseditor(VM>Settings). SelectSettingstoopentheVirtualMachineSettingsdialogbox. SelectHardware,anddeselecttheEnableUSB2.0checkboxfortheUSBController. ClickOK.
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Windows 95
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallWindows95inavirtualmachineusingastandardWindows95bootfloppyandCDROM.If yourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. NOTESomeWindows95distributionsprovideinstructionsthatdonotincludethestepstoFDISKand FORMATaC:drive.YoumustFDISKandFORMATthevirtualharddiskdrivesbeforerunningWindows95 setup. TheinstructionsbelowareforthesimplestcaseofonevirtualIDEharddriveandonevirtualIDECDROM drive.IfyouhaveconfiguredthevirtualmachinewithmorethanoneIDEharddrive,youshouldalsoFDISK andFORMATthesedrivesbeforeinstallingWindows95.Ifyouhaveconfiguredthevirtualmachinewith morethanonevirtualharddriveormorethanonevirtualCDROM,youmightneedtousedevicelettersthat aredifferentfromthoseintheinstructionsbelow. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheWindows95CDROMSetupBootDiskinfloppydriveA:usedbyyourvirtualmachineand inserttheWindows95CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingWindows95. Afterthevirtualmachineboots,ifyouarepresentedwithachoiceofCDROMdrivers,selectthefirstIDE driveroptionavailable(evenifyourcomputerhasaSCSICDROMdrive). Partitionthevirtualdisk. A:\> FDISK Answerthequestions. NOTEIfyoucreateaprimarypartitionthatissmallerthanthefullsizeofthevirtualdisk,besurethe partitionismarkedactive. 5 RebootWindows95.Ifthecursorisnotalreadywithinthevirtualmachinewindow,clickinthevirtual machinedisplay,andthenpressCtrl+Alt+InsonaWindowshostorCtrl+Alt+DelonaLinuxhost.If promptedonreboottoselectaCDROMdriver,selectthefirstIDECDROMdriverfromthelist.
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FormattheC:drive. A:\> FORMAT C: /S StarttheWindows95installation. A:\> D:\WIN95\SETUP /IS NOTEAnintermittentproblemcanoccurduringWindows95installationsinavirtualmachine.Shortly aftertheWindows95Setupprogramisstarted,Scandiskrunstocompletion,andwhentheWindows95 Setupprogramshouldstartitsgraphicaluserinterface,thevirtualmachinereturnstoanMSDOS prompt.VMwarerecommendsyourebootthevirtualmachineandrerunWindows95Setup.Youdonot needtoFDISKorFORMATthedriveagain.Ifthisproblemoccursreproducibly,pleasereportitto VMwaretechnicalsupport.
IfthevirtualmachinesEthernetadapterisenabled,youhavetomanuallyaddanEthernetdriverbecause Windows95doesnotdetectitduringtheAnalyzingComputerphase(evenifyouselectedtheNetwork Adapterdetectionoption).Dothefollowingtoenablenetworking: a b ContinuewiththeWindows95installationuntilyougettotheWindows95SetupWizard/Setup Optionsscreen.ChangethedefaultsettingfromTypicaltoCustomandclickNexttocontinue. FromtheNetworkConfigurationscreen(whichappearsaftertheAnalyzingComputerphase),click Add,selecttheAdaptercomponent,selectAdvancedMicroDevicesfromthemanufacturerwindow andAMDPCNETFamilyEthernetAdapter(PCI&ISA)fromthenetworkadapterwindow. IfyouneedTCP/IPnetworking,additfromtheNetworkConfigurationscreen(Windows95Setup doesnotenableTCP/IPbydefault).Ifyoudontdothis,thefirstphaseoftheWindows95installation doesnotcopysomeofthefilesitwillneedlater,andtheentireinstallationfails.
AlsobesurethattheMicrosoftNetBEUIprotocolisinstalled.Itmightnotbeinstalledbydefault. 9 10 FinishtheWindows95installation. VMwarevirtualdiskssupportDMAtransfersforbetterperformance.Thefeaturecanbeenabledafter youhaveinstalledWindows95onavirtualIDEdisk.Followthesestepstoenablethefeature: a b c d e RightclickMyComputerandselectProperties. FromtheSystemPropertiesdialogbox,clicktheDeviceManagertab. DoubleclicktheDiskDrivesdevicecategory. DoubleclicktheGENERICIDEDISKTYPE01device. ClicktheSettingstabandselecttheDMAcheckbox.
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Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 95

IfnetworkingwasdisabledatthetimeyouinstalledWindows95,youcanenableitafterinstallingthe operatingsystem.ShutdownWindows95andpoweroffthevirtualmachine.Addthenetworkadaptertothe virtualmachinesconfiguration,andthenfollowtheinstructionsbelowtoinstallthenetworkdriverinthe Windows95guestoperatingsystem. 1 2 Poweronthevirtualmachine. WhenWindows95reboots,itautodetectsanAMDPCNETFamilyEthernetAdapter(PCI&ISA)and promptsfortheWindows95CDROMtoinstalldrivers.ThedefaultEthernetadaptersettingsshould workfineanddonotneedtobechanged. DoubleclicktheNetworkiconintheControlPaneltovieworchangenetworksettings.Forexample,you mightwanttoaddtheTCP/IPprotocolsinceWindows95doesnotinstallitbydefault.
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Known Issues
Networking
AfteryouinstallWindows95,youmightfindthatnetworkingisnotworkingintheguestoperatingsystem. Thereareseveralthingsyoushouldcheck.
EitherremoveyourvirtualmachinesvirtualUSBadapterusingtheconfigurationtoolsinyourVMware productorifyourreleaseofWindows95includesUSBsupportbesuretheUSBdriversareinstalled. ChecktheWindows95DeviceManagertoseeifCOM5andCOM6devicesarelisted.Iftheyare,disable orremovethem. BesurethatNetBEUIwasinstalledwhenyousetupnetworking. BesurethatWindows95PlugandPlayproperlydetectedthevirtualEthernetadapter.Ifitdidnot,you mightneedtousetheDeviceManagertoremovetheadapter,andthenreinstallitusingtheAddNew Hardwarecontrolpanel.
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Phantom COM Ports

AfteryouinstallWindows95,youmightnoticeUnknown,COM5andCOM6devicesexistintheWindows DeviceManager.ThesedevicesdonotactuallyexistandarenotconsumingIRQorotherresources.Youcan removethemusingtheWindowsDeviceManagerifyoulike.

Workstation6.0:ThisguestoperatingsystemdoesnotprovidedriversforUSB2.0onWorkstation6.0.Asa result,whenyouinstallthisoperatingsystem,awarningwilldisplayindicatingthatthedevicedriverforUSB 2.0cannotbefound.Toresolvethisissue,disabletheUSBControllerontheguest. TodisabletheUSB2.0controller: 1 2 3 4 Openthevirtualmachinesettingseditor(VM>Settings). SelectSettingstoopentheVirtualMachineSettingsdialogbox. SelectHardware,anddeselecttheEnableUSB2.0checkboxfortheUSBController. ClickOK.
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DOS and Windows 3.1x

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesforDOSandtheWindows 3.1xoperatingsystem.
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
DOS Installation Notes

YoucaninstallMSDOS6.22insideavirtualmachineusingtheMicrosoftfullversionMSDOSinstallation disks.Ifyouhavetheupgradedisks,youmustinstallanearlierversionofDOSbeforeyouupgrade.Tostart installingMSDOS6.22,putthefirstdiskinthefloppydriveusedbyyourvirtualmachine,poweronthe virtualmachineandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen. AfteryouinstallDOS,VMwarerecommendsthatyouinstallaCPUidleprogramwithinthevirtualmachine. MostversionsofDOSdonotidletheCPUwhentheyareidle.Therefore,whenyouarerunningDOSina virtualmachine,thevirtualmachinetakesupCPUtimeonthehostevenwhenDOSisidle.VMwareproducts relyontheguestoperatingsystemtousetheHaltinstructionoradvancedpowermanagementtodeschedule thevirtualmachinewhenitisidle.
Windows 3.1x Installation Notes

YoucaninstallWindows3.1xusingthestandardinstallationdisks.VMwareWorkstation,VMwareACEand GSXServervirtualmachinessupportthenetworkingfeaturesfoundinWindows3.11(orWindowsfor Workgroups).Ifyousetupnetworking,choosetheAdvancedMicroDevicesPCNETFamily(NDIS2/NDIS3) Ethernetdriver.
Known Issues
Mouse Problems
WeintermittentlyencountererraticmousebehaviorinvirtualmachinesrunningWindows3.1xinwindow mode.Thisproblemdoesnotappearinthefullscreenmode.
No VMware Tools
NoVMwareToolspackageexistsforDOSorWindows3.1xguestoperatingsystems;therefore,Windows3.1x islimitedtoVGAmodegraphicsandyoumustalwaysusetheCtrl+Altkeycombinationtoreleasethemouse fromaDOSorWindows3.1xvirtualmachine.
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Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrivaCorporate Desktop4operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Support

VMwareWorkstation6.0 VMwareAce2.0
64-Bit Support

VMwareWorkstation6.0 VMwareAce2.0

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrivaCorporateDesktop4inavirtualmachineistousethestandard MandrivaLinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingMandrivaCorporateDesktop4viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell. IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrivaCorporateDesktop4installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers. Youcanchooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunning insidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstalling MandrivaCorporateDesktop4. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrivaCorporateDesktop4CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrivaCorporateDesktop4. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrivaLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

Theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse VMwarevirtualvideocard
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ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheMandrivaCorporateDesktop4guestoperatingsystem.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully.
Known Issues
Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly
Iftheclockinyourguestoperatingsystemrunstooquicklyortooslowly,useoneoftheworkarounds describedintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1420.
Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System

Tochangethedisplayresolutionintheguestoperatingsystem,asroot(-su)reruntheVMwareTools configurationprogramvmware-config-tools.plandselectthedesiredresolutionfromthelistthisprogram presents.Ifyouprefer,youcanedittheXconfigurationfiledirectlytomakethechange.
Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System

WhentheguestoperatingsystemtriestogetaDHCPaddress,theattemptfailsandanerrormessagesaysthe linkisdown.Toworkaroundthisproblem,becomeroot(su -)anduseatexteditortoeditthefollowingfiles intheguestoperatingsystem:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<n> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth<n>
Inbothcases,<n>isthenumberoftheEthernetadapterforexample,eth0. Ineachofthetwofiles,addthefollowingline:
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
Thenrunthecommandifup eth<n>(where<n>isthenumberoftheEthernetadapter)orrestarttheguest operatingsystem.
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Migration to a Different Processor

VMwarerecommendsyoudonotmigrateaLinuxvirtualmachinebetweenhostswhenonehostisrunning onanAMDprocessorandtheotherisrunningonanIntelprocessor. Duringinstallation,manydistributionsofLinuxchooseakernelthatisoptimizedforthespecificprocessoron whichitisbeinginstalled,andsomedistributionsinstallagenerickernelbydefault,butprovide architecturespecifickernelsthattheusercanchoosetoinstall.Thekernelmightcontaininstructionsthatare availableonlyonthatprocessor.Theseinstructionscanhaveadverseeffectswhenrunonahostwiththe wrongtypeofprocessor. Thus,aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanAMDprocessormightnotworkifmigratedtoahost withanIntelprocessor.Thereverseisalsotrue:aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanIntel processormightnotworkifmigratedtoahostwithanAMDprocessor. Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.Forexample,ifyou moveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntelmachine,youarealsolikelyto experienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive.
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Mandriva Corporate Server 4

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrivaCorporate Server4operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Support

VMwareWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0
64-Bit Support


BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrivaCorporateServer4inavirtualmachineistousethestandard MandrivaLinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingMandrivaCorporateServer4viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.If yourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrivaCorporateServer4installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.You canchooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandriva CorporateServer4. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrivaCorporateServer4CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrivaCorporateServer4. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrivaLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

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Mandriva Linux 2007

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrivaLinux 2007operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Support

64-Bit Support


BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrivaLinux2007inavirtualmachineistousethestandardMandriva LinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingMandrivaLinux2007viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrivaLinux2007installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.Youcan chooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandriva Linux2007. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrivaLinux2007CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrivaLinux2007. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrivaLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

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Mandriva Linux 2006

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrivaLinux 2006operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Support
VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrivaLinux2006inavirtualmachineistousethestandardMandriva LinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingMandrivaLinux2006viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrivaLinux2006installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.Youcan chooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandriva Linux2006. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheMandrivaLinux2006CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrivaLinux2006. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode.
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Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrivaLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

Theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse VMwarevirtualvideocard Nowhenaskedifyouwanttoinstallupdatestothepackages NowhenaskedifyouwanttostartXwhenyoureboot
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Inbothcases,<n>isthenumberoftheEthernetadapterforexample,eth0.
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Mandrake Linux 10.1

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrakeLinux10.1 operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrakeLinux10.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardMandrake LinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingMandrakeLinux10.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrakeLinux10.1installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.Youcan chooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandrake Linux10.1. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrakeLinux10.1CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux10.1. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

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YoumightencounteradisplayissuewiththeMandrakeLinux10.1console.Toresolvethisissue,youneedto commentoutthe vga=788lineinthelilo.conffile. 1 2 3 Loginasrootatthecommandline. Changedirectoriestotheetcdirectory. Useatexteditortocommentoutthevga-788 lineinthelilo.conffile.
label="linux" root=/dev/sda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent" vga=788 read-only
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Anydisplayissuesshouldberesolved.
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Mandrake Linux 10
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrakeLinux10 operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrakeLinux10inavirtualmachineistousethestandardMandrake LinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingMandrakeLinux10viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrakeLinux10installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.Youcan chooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandrake Linux10. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrakeLinux10CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux10. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.SelectUsefreespace. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface. SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

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Mandrake Linux 9.2

Support
VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheMandrakeLinux9.2CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux9.2. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.ClickUsefreespace. IfyouinstalledyourVMwareproductonalaptopcomputer,onthePackageGroupSelectionscreen,click Advanced.SelectIndividualpackageselectionandclickNext.ScrolldowntoServicesnumlockand cleartheasterisktodisableit.Ifyoudonotdisablenumlockwhenyouinstalltheguest,thenumberlock isalwaysactiveintheguestandyoucannotdisableitbypressingtheNumLockkey. WhenyoureachtheSummaryscreen,configurethegraphicalinterface.
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SelectGraphicalInterface,andthenclickDo.Makethefollowingselections:

Theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse VMwarevirtualvideocard XFree4.3 Nowhenaskedifyouwanttotesttheconfiguration NowhenaskedifyouwanttostartXwhenyoureboot
Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttoinstallupdatestothepackages,answerNo.
VMware Tools
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. NOTEWithaMandrakeLinux9.2guest,youshouldinstallVMwareToolsfromtheLinuxconsole.Donot startXuntilyouhaveinstalledVMwareTools. NOTEProvidedyouinstalledtheXFree4.3Xserverwhenyouinstalledtheguestoperatingsystem(as advisedintheinstallsteps),whenyoustarttheVMwareToolsinstallationscript(bytyping./vmware-install.pl inthevmware-tools-distribdirectory),thefollowingmessageappears:

Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4. Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly. Would you like to install a stable (but possibly older) version of the driver over the currently installed one?
Ifyouplantodualbootthevirtualmachine,answerYestoallowthedrivertobeinstalled.AnswerYesagain tobackuptheexistingvideodriverfilesandalsocopytheXF86Config-4.distfiletoXF86Config-4.vm.Thelatter fileisusedwhendualbootingthevirtualmachine. Ifyoudonotintendtodualbootthevirtualmachine,answerNotokeeptheexistingdriver. NOTEAsyouareinstallingandconfiguringVMwareTools,theconfigurationprogramasksforthelocation oflspci.Whenthatpromptappears,enterthefollowingpath:

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Mandrake Linux 9.1

Support
VMwareGSXServer3.1,3.2,3.2.1

Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 InserttheMandrakeLinux9.1CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux9.1. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. UsetheExpertinstaller. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.ClickUsefreespace. VMwareGSXServer:Whenselectingabootloader,useLILOwithtextmenu.Donotusethegraphical versionofLILO.Itcausesthevirtualmachinetohang. Donotcreateacustombootdiskwhenprompted. Neartheendoftheinstallation,afterfileshavebeencopied,youreachthemonitorsetupscreen.Select theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse.SelectVMwarevirtualvideocard. Youareofferedachoiceof2XFree86Xserverstoinstall.ChooseXFree4.2.1.Thisdriverrecognizesthe VMwareSVGAdriver. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttotesttheconfiguration,answerNo.
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WhentheinstalleraskswhethertostartXwhenyoureboot,answerNo. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttoinstallupdatestothepackages,answerNo.
VMware Tools
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. NOTEWithaMandrakeLinux9.1guest,youshouldinstallVMwareToolsfromtheLinuxconsole.Donot startXuntilyouhaveinstalledVMwareTools. NOTEProvidedyouinstalledtheXFree4.2.0Xserverwhenyouinstalledtheguestoperatingsystem(as advisedintheinstallsteps),whenyoustarttheVMwareToolsinstallationscript(bytyping./vmware-install.pl inthevmware-tools-distribdirectory),thefollowingmessageappears:


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Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 InserttheMandrakeLinux9.0CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux9.0. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Usethetextmodeinstaller.Attheopeningscreen,pressF1foroptions,andthenentertextfortextmode. UsetheExpertinstaller. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux automaticallyallocatethespace.ClickUsefreespace. VMwareGSXServer:Whenselectingabootloader,useLILOwithtextmenu.Donotusethegraphical versionofLILO.Itcausesthevirtualmachinetohang. Donotcreateacustombootdiskwhenprompted.
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Neartheendoftheinstallation,afterfileshavebeencopied,youreachthemonitorsetupscreen.Select theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse.SelectVMwarevirtualvideocard. Youareofferedachoiceof2XFree86Xserverstoinstall.ChooseXFree4.2.1.Thisdriverrecognizesthe VMwareSVGAdriver. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttotesttheconfiguration,answerNo. WhentheinstalleraskswhethertostartXwhenyoureboot,answerNo. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttoinstallupdatestothepackages,answerNo.
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Mandrake Linux 8.2

Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 InserttheMandrakeLinux8.2CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux8.2. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. UsetheExpertinstaller. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux autoallocatethespace. Whenselectingabootloader,useLILOwithtextmenu.DonotusethegraphicalversionofLILO.It causesthevirtualmachinetohang. Donotcreateacustombootdiskwhenprompted. Youareofferedachoiceof2XFree86Xserverstoinstall.ChooseXFree4.2.0.Thisdriverrecognizesthe VMwareSVGAdriver.
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Neartheendoftheinstallation,afterfileshavebeencopied,youreachthemonitorsetupscreen.Choose theresolutionandrefreshrateyouwantyourguesttouse. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttotesttheconfiguration,answerNo. Whentheinstallerasksifyouwanttoinstallsystemupdates,answerNo. WhentheinstalleraskswhethertostartXwhenyoureboot,answerNo.
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Mandrake Linux 8.0 and 8.1

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheMandrakeLinux8.0 and8.1operatingsystems.
Support
VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandard MandrakeLinuxdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.If yourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1installation,youareofferedachoiceofXFree86Xservers.You canchooseeitherone,butdonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginside thevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingMandrake Linux8.0or8.1andcreateonesymboliclinkasdescribedinthestepsthatfollow. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 InserttheMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. UsetheExpertinstaller. Inthepartitioningstep,unlessyouhavespecialrequirements,itisallrighttoletMandrakeLinux autoallocatethespace. Whenselectingabootloader,useLILOwithtextmenu.DonotusethegraphicalversionofLILO.It causesthevirtualmachinetohang. OntheSelectaGraphicCardscreen,chooseOther>GenericVGAcompatible. Neartheendoftheinstallation,afterfileshavebeencopied,youreachthemonitorsetupscreen.Choose SuperVGA,800x600@56Hz. WhentheinstalleraskswhethertostartXwhenyoureboot,answerNo.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1guestoperatingsystem.
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VMware Tools
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. NOTEWithaMandrakeLinux8.0or8.1guest,youshouldinstallVMwareToolsfromtheLinuxconsole.Do notstartXuntilyouhaveinstalledVMwareToolsandsetupasymboliclinktotheXFree86configurationfile.
Setting Up a Symbolic Link to XFree86

Besureyouareloggedonasroot(su -),andthentakethefollowingstepstosetupasymboliclinktothecorrect XFree86configurationfile.
cd /etc ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config.vm XF86Config
UsethestartxcommandtostartyourXserver.
Known Issues
Installation of Mandrake Linux 8.0 Hangs
InstallationofMandrakeLinux8.0sometimeshangsatrunning /sbin/loaderfornoapparentreason.Thehangis causedbyabuginearlyversionsofthe2.4Linuxkernel.Thebughasbeenfixedinkernel2.4.5.Distributions basedonthiskernelshouldinstallwithoutproblems. Forearlier2.4serieskernels,aworkaroundisavailable.AlthoughtheLinuxkernelbugisnotrelatedto CDROMdrives,theworkaroundinvolveschangingaconfigurationsettingforthevirtualDVD/CDROM drive. Poweroffthevirtualmachineandclosethevirtualmachinewindow.Openthevirtualmachinesconfiguration file(.vmxfileonaWindowshostor.cfgfileonaLinuxhost)inatexteditorandaddthefollowingline: cdrom.minvirtualtime=100 Savethefile.Nowyoushouldbeabletoinstalltheguestoperatingsystemasdescribedabove.Afteryoufinish installingtheguestoperatingsystem,removethissettingfromtheconfigurationfile,asitmighthavea performanceimpact.
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Shutting Down Mandrake Linux 8.0

Theshutdownprocessintheguestoperatingsystemmighthangwhenshuttingdownthenetworkinterface becauseofthewaytheMandrakeLinux8.0shutdownscripthandlesdhcpd.Thisproblemdoesnotoccurwith MandrakeLinux8.1guests.

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Novell Linux Desktop 9

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheNovellLinux Desktop9operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack2supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack2betaonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,6.0 VMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ServicePack2supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingNovellLinuxDesktop9inavirtualmachineistousethestandardNovell LinuxDesktopdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingNovellLinuxDesktop9viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheNovellLinuxDesktop9installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingNovellLinuxDesktop9. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeysto selecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Duringfinalconfiguration,afterallpackagesareinstalled,donotperformtheInternetconnectiontest. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine. Ifyoumightcopyormovethisvirtualmachine,makethechangedescribedinManualChangesMight BeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachineonpage 90.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheNovellLinuxDesktop9guestoperatingsystem.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto
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Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
Known Issues
Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine

Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaNovellLinuxDesktop9guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,itincludesthe MACaddressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddresschanges,the guestoperatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernetadapter.Ifyou experiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbycopyingorrenamingthefile.Foreth0,forexample,make thefollowingchange: Oldname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address> Newname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheRedHatEnterprise Linux5.0operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRed HatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. Whencreatingthevirtualmachine,besuretoselecttheLSILogicSCSIadapter.RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0 doesnotincludeadriverfortheBusLogicSCSIadapter. NOTEBesurethevirtualmachineisconfiguredwithatleast512MBofmemory.Ifthevirtualmachinehas lessthan512MBofmemory,RedHatEnterpriseLinuxpresentsanerrormessageasitloadscertainVMware drivers.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. YoumightseeawarningthatbeginsThe partition table on device <devicename> was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive.Thisdoesnotmeanthat anythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimplymeansthatthevirtualhard driveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted. 5 ClickYestopartitionthedrive.
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ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0guestoperatingsystem.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareTools. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
Known Issues
VMwareWorkstation5.0:IfyouareinstallingtheguestoperatingsystemonaVMwareWorkstation,5.0or lower,onahostcomputerthathasPAEtechnology,youmightgetanerrormessage.Theerrormessage indicatestheguestoperatingsystemistryingtousePAE.Discontinuetheinstallationprocessifthisoccurs, andenablePAEfortheaffectedvirtualmachine. ToenablePAEforthevirtualmachine: 1 2 Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoff. Edittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforthevirtualmachinebyaddingthefollowinglinetothefile:
paevm="true"

Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,itincludes theMACaddressinakeyconfigurationfile.ThiscancauseerrorswhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddress changes.Ifyouexperiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbyremovingalinefromthefile.Foreth0,for example,makethefollowingchange: 1 2 3 Makeabackupcopyofthefile/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0,andthenopenitinatexteditor. RemovethelinethatbeginswithHWAddr. Restarteth0.
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Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheRedHatEnterprise Linux4.5Betaoperatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0AS,ES,WS Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0AS,ES,WS
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0AS,ES,WS Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0AS,ES,WS NOTEFormoreinformationaboutsupportfor64bitvirtualmachineson32bitIntelhardware,referto knowledgebasearticle1901atkb.vmware.com/kb/1901.

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRed HatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. Whencreatingthevirtualmachine,besuretoselecttheLSILogicSCSIadapter.RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5 doesnotincludeadriverfortheBusLogicSCSIadapter. NOTEBesurethevirtualmachineisconfiguredwithatleast256MBofmemory.Ifthevirtualmachinehas lessthan256MBofmemory,RedHatEnterpriseLinuxpresentsanerrormessageasitloadscertainVMware drivers.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. YoumightseeawarningthatbeginsThe partition table on device <devicename> was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive.Thisdoesnotmeanthat anythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimplymeansthatthevirtualhard driveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.
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Support
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VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS Update1and2supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update3and4supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0AS,ES,WS VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1AS,ES,WS VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Update1,2,3,supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforUpdate4onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1withspecialdriverandupdatedVMwareToolsAS,ES, WS Update2supportedonESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update3supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch3),2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update4supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch3),2.5.4,3.0.0,3.0.1 NOTEBeforeyouapplyUpdate3orUpdate4toESXServer3.0or3.0.1,refertoknowledgebasearticle 51306atkb.vmware.com/kb/51306.
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS Update1and2supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update3and4supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0AS,ES,WS VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Update3supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforUpdate4onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer3.0,3.0.1AS,ES,WS ExperimentalsupportforUpdate2,3onESXServer3.0 Update2,3,4supportedonESXServer3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupportedonESXServer3.0.1
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitis supportedundertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthe virtualmachine.
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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRed HatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. VMwareWorkstation,VMwareACE,VMwareGSXServer:Whencreatingthevirtualmachine,besureto selecttheLSILogicSCSIadapter.RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0doesnotincludeadriverfortheBusLogicSCSI adapter. VMwareESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4:ESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,and2.5.4supportonlytheBusLogicSCSI adapter.VMwareprovidesaseparateBusLogicdriverforRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0Upgrades1,2,3,and 4.ForinstructionsondownloadingandinstallingadriverfortheBusLogicadapter,see www.vmware.com/download/esx/drivers_tools.html. VMwareESXServer3.0and3.0.1:ESXServer3.0and3.0.1supportonlytheLSILogicSCSIadapterforRed HatEnterpriseLinux4.0. NOTEBesurethevirtualmachineisconfiguredwithatleast256MBofmemory.Ifthevirtualmachinehas lessthan256MBofmemory,RedHatEnterpriseLinuxpresentsanerrormessageasitloadscertainVMware drivers.
Installation Steps
NOTEPayparticularattentiontothenotesinStep 4abouthowtoavoidinstallinganinappropriatekernel. 1 2 3 4 InserttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. VMwareGSXServer:InthePackageGroupSelectionscreen,chooseSoftwareDevelopmentandselect individualpackages.IntheIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedownto SystemEnvironment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatkernelsmpisdeselected(noasteriskshould appearbetweenthebrackets).TheSMPkernelisnotsupportedinaGSXServervirtualmachine.Youdo notneedtochangeanyotherselections. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. YoumightseeawarningthatbeginsThe partition table on device <devicename> was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive.Thisdoesnotmeanthat anythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimplymeansthatthevirtualhard driveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted. ClickYestopartitionthedrive. 7 VMwareGSXServer:IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,inthe NetworkConfigurationscreen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsoset thenetworkingparametersmanually. VMwareESXServer:Ifyouareusingthevlancenetworkadapterinyourvirtualmachineandyour computerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfigurationscreen,you canselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworkingparametersmanually. Ifyouareusingthevmxnetnetworkadapterinyourvirtualmachine,usethenetworkconfigurationtools
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VMwareGSXServer:OnaLinuxhostwithanXFree863.xXserver,itisbestnottorunascreensaverinthe guestoperatingsystem.GuestscreensaversthatdemandalotofprocessingpowercancausetheXserveron thehosttofreeze.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 and Update 3 Guests Displayed with Incorrect Operating System Type in Virtual Infrastructure Client
ESXServer3.x:ESX3.xvirtualmachinesrunningRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0(AS,ES,WS)Update3,with VMwareToolsrunning,areshownintheVirtualInfrastructureClientashavingRedHatEnterpriseLinux3 astheguestoperatingsystemtype.ESX3.xvirtualmachinesrunningRedHatEnterpriseLinux4.0(AS,ES, WS)Update2,withVMwareToolsrunning,areshownintheVirtualInfrastructureClientashavingRedHat EnterpriseLinux2astheguestoperatingsystemtype.Thisincorrectdisplayisharmlessanddoesnotaffect theproperoperationofthevirtualmachine.
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Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS Update4supportedonWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update5and6supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update7and8supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0AS,ES,WS Update3or4supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1AS,ES,WS Update4supportedonGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Updates1,2,3,4,5,6,7supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforUpdate8onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1AS,ES,WS Update1supportedonESXServer2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 Update2supportedonESXServer2.1withVirtualSMP,2.5.3,2.5.4 Update3supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 Update4supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 Update5supportedonESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 Update6supportedonESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update7supportedonESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update8supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch3),2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS,ES,WS Update4,5,and6supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update7and8supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0AS,ES,WS Update3or4supportedonVMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Updates6and7supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforUpdate8onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ESXServer3.0.1AS,ES,WS Update7and8supportedonESXServer3.0.1
ESXServer3.0AS,ES,WS Experimentalsupportforupdate5,6,7onESXServer3.0
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NOTE64bitRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0(withoutanyupdate)andRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0Update1 donotsupportmorethan4GBofmemoryonVMwarevirtualhardware. NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine.

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRed HatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEBesurethevirtualmachineisconfiguredwithatleast256MBofmemory.Ifthevirtualmachinehas lessthan256MBofmemory,RedHatEnterpriseLinuxpresentsanerrormessageasitloadscertainVMware drivers. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
NOTEPayparticularattentiontothenotesinStep 6abouthowtoavoidinstallinganinappropriatekernel. 1 2 InserttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0. YoumustinstallRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0usingthetextmodeinstaller,whichyoucanchoosewhen youfirstboottheinstaller.AttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0CDbootprompt,youareofferedanumber ofchoices,includingthefollowing:
To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux ... in graphical mode ... To install or upgrade ... in text mode, type: text <ENTER>... ... Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextandpressEnter. 3 4 5 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherAdvanced ServerorCustomfortheinstallationtype. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheEmulate3Buttons optionforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine.Ifyouhaveawheelmouse,youcanchoose GenericWheelMouse(PS/2). VMwareGSXServeronly:InthePackageGroupSelectionscreen,chooseSoftwareDevelopmentand Selectindividualpackages.IntheIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedown toSystemEnvironment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatkernelsmpisdeselected(noasteriskshould appearbetweenthebrackets).TheSMPkernelisnotsupportedinaGSXServervirtualmachine.Youdo notneedtochangeanyotherselections.
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AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. Youmightseeawarningthatsays: The partition table on device sda was unreadable. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Would you like to initialize this drive? Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theYesbuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthevirtual diskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthedevice nameinstead. VMwareGSXServer:IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,inthe NetworkConfigurationscreen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsoset thenetworkingparametersmanually. VMwareESXServerandVMwareVirtualCenter:Ifyouareusingthevlancenetworkadapterinyour virtualmachineandyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetwork Configurationscreen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthe networkingparametersmanually.Ifyouareusingthevmxnetnetworkadapterinyourvirtualmachine, usethenetworkconfigurationtoolsinRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0toconfigureyournetworkconnection afteryoufinishinstallingtheguestoperatingsystem.
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VMwareWorkstation5.0:IfyouareinstallingtheguestoperatingsystemonaVMwareWorkstation, 5.0orlower,onahostcomputerthathasPAEtechnology,youmightgetanerrormessage.Theerror messageindicatestheguestoperatingsystemistryingtousePAE.Discontinuetheinstallation processifthisoccurs,andenablePAEfortheaffectedvirtualmachine.
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ToenablePAEforthevirtualmachine: 1 2 Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoff. Edittheconfiguration(.vmx)fileforthevirtualmachinebyaddingthefollowinglinetothefile:

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Installation on Uniprocessor Virtual Machines with More than 4GB of Memory

VMwareESXServer3.x:Ifyourvirtualmachineisconfiguredasauniprocessorsystemwithmorethan4GB ofRAM,whenyouinstallRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0,thehugememorykernelmightfailtoinstall.Asa result,theguestoperatingsystemwillseeonly4GBofmemory.Toworkaroundthisproblem,rebootthe virtualmachineandinstallthehugememorykernelmanually,usingtheRPMinstaller.
Message about Tainted Driver

VMwareESXServerorVMwareVirtualCenter:WithRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0Update6andlater,when thesystemloadsthevmxnetnetworkingdriver,itreportsthatthedriveristainted.Thisdoesnotmeanthat thereisanythingwrongwiththedriver.Itsimplyindicatesthatthisisaproprietarydriver,notlicensedunder theGNUGeneralPublicLicense.
X Windows System Fails to Start in Virtual Machine If Default Depth for Display Is Set to 24
ESXServer3.x:InavirtualmachinerunningRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0orRedHatEnterpriseLinux3.0 Update7,ifyouchoosethesetupdefaultof24fordisplaydepth,whenyouattempttostarttheXwindows
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InstallVMwareTools,or Manuallyeditthefile/etc/X11/XF86config,settingthedefaultdepthforthedisplayto8
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VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0AS, ES,WS Update6supportedonWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update7supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0AS,ES,WS Update6supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1AS,ES,WS Update6supportedonGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1AS,ES,WS Update6supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update7supportedonESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRed HatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. RHEL2.1WSonVMwareESXServer:Ifyouuseavlancenetworkadapterinthevirtualmachine,youmust useanLSILogicSCSIadapter.Ifyouuseavmxnetnetworkadapter,youcanuseeitheraBusLogicoranLSI LogicSCSIadapter. NOTEYoushouldnotruntheXserverthatisinstalledwhenyousetupRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1.Instead, togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareTools packageimmediatelyafterinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
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Installation Steps
NOTEUnlessyouarerunningamultiprocessorvirtualmachineunderVMwareESXServer,payparticular attentiontothenotesinStep 6abouthowtoavoidinstallinganinappropriatekernel. 1 2 InserttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1. YoumustinstallRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1usingthetextmodeinstaller,whichyoucanchoosewhen youfirstboottheinstaller.AttheRedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1CDbootprompt,youareofferedanumber ofchoices,includingthefollowing:
To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux ... in graphical mode ... To install or upgrade ... in text mode, type: text <ENTER>... ... Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextandpressEnter. 3 4 5 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherAdvanced ServerorCustomfortheinstallationtype. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheEmulate3Buttons optionforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine.Ifyouhaveawheelmouse,youcanchoose GenericWheelMouse(PS/2). VMwareGSXServeronly:InthePackageGroupSelectionscreen,chooseSoftwareDevelopmentand Selectindividualpackages.IntheIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedown toSystemEnvironment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatkernelsmpisdeselected(noasteriskshould appearbetweenthebrackets).TheSMPkernelisnotsupportedinaGSXServervirtualmachine.Youdo notneedtochangeanyotherselections. VMwareESXServerorVirtualCenterifinstallingtoanESXServermachinewithoutvirtualSMP:In theIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedowntoSystem Environment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatthefollowingkernelsaredeselected(noasterisk shouldappearbetweenthebrackets):

kernelenterprise kernelsmp kernelsummit
VMwareESXServerorVirtualCenterifinstallingtoanESXServermachinewithvirtualSMP:Inthe IndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedowntoSystemEnvironment/Kernel andpressEnter.

Ifyouareinstallingamultiprocessorvirtualmachine,besurekernelsmpisselected. Ifyouareinstallingauniprocessorvirtualmachine,besurethefollowingkernelsaredeselected: kernelenterprise,kernelsmpandkernelsummit.
ForadditionalinformationonusinguniprocessorandmultiprocessorkernelswithaRedHatEnterprise Linux2.1virtualmachineunderVMwareESXServer,seethereleasenotesat www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/releasenotes_esx21.html#vmpkernel. 7 8 AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. Youmightseeawarningthatsays: The partition table on device sda was unreadable. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Would you like to initialize this drive?
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Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theYesbuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthevirtual diskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthedevice nameinstead. 9 IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheVideoCardConfigurationscreen,chooseGenericSVGA.
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VMwarerecommendsyoudonotmigrateaLinuxvirtualmachinebetweenhostswhenonehostisrunning onanAMDprocessorandtheotherisrunningonanIntelprocessor. Duringinstallation,manydistributionsofLinuxchooseakernelthatisoptimizedforthespecificprocessoron whichitisbeinginstalled,andsomedistributionsinstallagenerickernelbydefault,butprovide architecturespecifickernelsthattheusercanchoosetoinstall.Thekernelmightcontaininstructionsthatare availableonlyonthatprocessor.Theseinstructionscanhaveadverseeffectswhenrunonahostwiththe wrongtypeofprocessor. Thus,aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanAMDprocessormightnotworkifmigratedtoahost withanIntelprocessor.Thereverseisalsotrue:aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanIntel processormightnotworkifmigratedtoahostwithanAMDprocessor.
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Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.Forexample,ifyou moveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntelmachine,youarealsolikelyto experienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive.

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Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheRedHatLinux AdvancedServer2.1operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update6supportedonWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Update7supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update6supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Update7supportedonESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandard RedHatdistributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedas well.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEYoushouldnotruntheXserverthatisinstalledwhenyousetupRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1. Instead,togetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstallthe VMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
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NOTEPayparticularattentiontothenotesinStep 6abouthowtoavoidinstallinganinappropriatekernel. 1 2 InserttheRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1. YoumustinstallRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1usingthetextmodeinstaller,whichyoucanchoose whenyoufirstboottheinstaller.AttheRedHatLinuxAdvancedServer2.1CDbootprompt,youare offeredanumberofchoices,includingthefollowing:
To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux ... in graphical mode ...
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To install or upgrade ... in text mode, type: text <ENTER>... ... Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextandpressEnter. 3 4 5 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherAdvanced ServerorCustomfortheinstallationtype. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheEmulate3Buttons optionforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine.Ifyouhaveawheelmouse,youcanchoose GenericWheelMouse(PS/2). VMwareGSXServeronly:InthePackageGroupSelectionscreen,chooseSoftwareDevelopmentand Selectindividualpackages.IntheIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedown toSystemEnvironment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatkernelsmpisdeselected(noasteriskshould appearbetweenthebrackets).TheSMPkernelisnotsupportedinaGSXServervirtualmachine.Youdo notneedtochangeanyotherselections. VMwareESXServerorVirtualCenterifinstallingtoanESXServermachinewithoutvirtualSMP:In theIndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedowntoSystem Environment/KernelandpressEnter.Besurethatthefollowingkernelsaredeselected(noasterisk shouldappearbetweenthebrackets):

kernelenterprise kernelsmp kernelsummit
VMwareESXServerorVirtualCenterifinstallingtoanESXServermachinewithvirtualSMP:Inthe IndividualPackageSelectionscreen,usethearrowkeystomovedowntoSystemEnvironment/Kernel andpressEnter.

Ifyouareinstallingamultiprocessorvirtualmachine,besurekernelsmpisselected. Ifyouareinstallingauniprocessorvirtualmachine,besurethefollowingkernelsaredeselected: kernelenterprise,kernelsmpandkernelsummit.
ForadditionalinformationonusinguniprocessorandmultiprocessorkernelswithaRedHatLinux AdvancedServer2.1virtualmachineunderVMwareESXServer,seethereleasenotesat www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/releasenotes_esx213.html#vmpkernel. 7 8 AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. Youmightseeawarningthatsays: The partition table on device sda was unreadable. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Would you like to initialize this drive? Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theYesbuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthevirtual diskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthedevice nameinstead. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheVideoCardConfigurationscreen,chooseGenericSVGA.
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Autopartitioning
ESXServer,GSXServer,Workstation,VMwareServer:DuringtheinstallationofRedHatLinuxAdvanced Server2.1asaguestoperatingsystem,inthediskpartitionsetupstep,ifyouchoosetohavetheinstaller automaticallypartitionthevirtualdisk,theautopartitioningmightfailunlessthevirtualdiskisatleast3GB. Ifthevirtualdiskislessthan3GB,youshouldpartitionthevirtualdiskmanually.
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Red Hat Linux 9.0

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheRedHatLinux9.0 operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatLinux9.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.1,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatLinux9.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRedHat distributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatLinux9.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEYoushouldnotruntheXserverthatisinstalledwhenyousetupRedHatLinux9.0.Instead,togetan acceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackage immediatelyafterinstallingRedHatLinux9.0. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 InserttheRedHatLinux9.0CDROMintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatLinux9.0. YoumustinstallRedHatLinux9.0usingthetextmodeinstaller,whichyoucanchoosewhenyoufirst boottheinstaller.AttheRedHatLinux9.0CDbootprompt,youareofferedthefollowingchoices:
To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux ... in graphical mode ... To install or upgrade ... in text mode, type: linux text <ENTER>. Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typelinux textandpressEnter. NOTEIfyouattempttousethegraphicalinstaller,itfailsandlaunchesthetextmodeinstaller.
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Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherServeror Workstationfortheinstallationtype. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheEmulate3Buttons optionforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine.Ifyouhaveawheelmouse,youcanchoose GenericWheelMouse(PS/2). Youmightseeawarningthatsays: Bad partition table. The partition table on device sda is corrupted. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theInitializebuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthe virtualdiskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthe devicenameinstead. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheVideoCardConfigurationscreen,chooseSkipXConfiguration.
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Forcing the Installer to Read the Second Installation CD
VMwareWorkstation,VMwareACEorVMwareGSXServer:TheRedHatinstallermightfailtoreadthe secondinstallationCDcorrectlyiftheCDdriveinyourvirtualmachineissetupusingthedefaults. Thespecificfailuremessagedependsonthesetofpackagesyouchoosetoinstall.Inmanycases,thefirst packagetheinstallertriestoreadfromthesecondCDistheXPDFpackage,sotheerrormessagereportsa problemwithxpdf-<version number>. YoucanforcetheinstallertoreadthesecondCDcorrectlybytakingthefollowingsteps: 1 2 3 WhentheinstallerasksforthesecondCD,removethefirstCDfromthedriveandleavethedriveempty. Telltheinstallertocontinue.ItclosestheCDdrivetray,andthengivesanerrormessagewhenitfindsno CD. InsertthesecondCDandtelltheinstallertocontinue.ItshouldreadthesecondCDcorrectlyand installationshouldcontinuewithnoproblems.
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VMwareWorkstationorVMwareGSXServer:OnaLinuxhostwithanXFree863.xXserver,itisbestnotto runascreensaverintheguestoperatingsystem.Guestscreensaversthatdemandalotofprocessingpower cancausetheXserveronthehosttofreeze.
INIT Errors, Slow or Poor Performance

VMwareGSXServer:WhileinstallingtheRedHatLinux9.0guestoperatingsystem,youmightnoticethat theguestperformspoorlyorslowly,oryoumightseeINITerrorswhenyoufirstboottheguest.Towork aroundthisissueandinstalltheguestmoreeasily,passthenosysinfooptionwhenyouboottheLinuxkernel atthebeginningoftheinstallation.Attheboot:promptintheguest,typetext nosysinfo. Afteryouinstalltheguestoperatingsystem,ifyounoticethatthevirtualmachinerunsslowlyorifyoustill seeINITerrors,youcanmodifyyourbootloadertoalwaysusetheoptionwhentheguestoperatingsystem boots.ChoosethestepsforyourbootloaderchooseGRUBorLILO. To modify your GRUB boot loader 1 2 Inatexteditor,edit/etc/grub.conf. Lookforthefollowingsectioninthefile.Notethatyoumightseeadifferentkernelinsteadofthe2.4.208 kernelshownbelow. title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd .... Attheendofthekernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/line,addnosysinfo. Saveandclosethefile.Youcannowboottheguest. Restarttheguestoperatingsystem.
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NOTEIfyouarenotconfidentwithchangingthisconfigurationfile,copytheabovefourlinesectionand changethetitlefromRed Hat LinuxtoRH Linux Guest,andaddnosysinfototheendofthelinebeginningwith kernelinthenewlycreatedsection.Atboottime,youcanchoosetobooteithertheRH Linux Guestforoptimal performanceorRed Hat Linuxforyouroriginalsetup. To modify your LILO boot loader 1 2 Inatexteditor,edit/etc/lilo.conf. Lookforthefollowingline append="....."
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Addnosysinfotothelinelikethis: append="..... nosysinfo" Ifthereisnoappend=linein/etc/lilo.conf,addthefollowingline: append="nosysinfo" atthebeginningof/etc/lilo.conf,beforethefirstimage=orother=directive. Saveandclosethefile. Runthelilocommandagainsoyourchangescantakeeffect. Restarttheguestoperatingsystem.
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Getting a DHCP Address in a Red Hat Linux 9.0 Virtual Machine

WhenaRedHatLinux9.0guestoperatingsystemtriestogetaDHCPaddress,theattemptmightfailwithan errormessagethatstatesthelinkisdown.OnESXServer,thishappensonlyifyouareusingthevlancedriver foryournetworkconnection. Toworkaroundthisproblem,becomeroot(su -)anduseatexteditortoeditthefollowingfilesintheguest operatingsystem.Ifonlyoneofthesefilesexists,makethechangeforthatfileonly.
Inbothcases,<n>isthenumberoftheEthernetadapterforexample,eth0. Addthefollowingsectiontoeachofthesetwofiles:
check_link_down () { return 1; }
Thenrunthecommandifup eth[n](where[n]isthenumberoftheEthernetadapter)orrestarttheguest operatingsystem.

VMwareESXServerorVMwareVirtualCenter:WhenaRedHatLinux9.0guestoperatingsystemloadsthe vmxnetnetworkingdriver,itreportsthatthedriveristainted.Thisdoesnotmeanthatthereisanythingwrong withthedriver.Itsimplyindicatesthatthisisaproprietarydriver,notlicensedundertheGNUGeneralPublic License.

EXSServer2.5.x:AlthoughESXServer2.5.xvirtualmachinesarecompatiblewithPhysicalAddressExtension (PAE),theyarenotoptimizedforit.Asaresult,guestoperatingsystemswithPAEenabledmightexperience poorperformance.Forbestperformance,VMwarerecommendsthatyoudisablePAEinguestoperating
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Red Hat Linux 8.0

Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforRedHatLinux8.0onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 NosupportforVirtualSMP

Installation Steps
To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux ... in graphical mode ... To install or upgrade ... in text mode, type: linux text <ENTER>. Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typelinux textandpressEnter. NOTEIfyouattempttousethegraphicalinstaller,itfailsandlaunchesthetextmodeinstaller.
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Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherServeror Workstationfortheinstallationtype. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheEmulate3Buttons optionforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine.Ifyouhaveawheelmouse,youcanchoose GenericWheelMouse(PS/2). Youmightseeawarningthatsays: Bad partition table. The partition table on device sda is corrupted. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theInitializebuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthe virtualdiskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthe devicenameinstead. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreenorpartitionthe virtualdiskmanuallyifyoudonotwanttousetheRedHatdefaults. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheVideoCardConfigurationscreen,chooseSkipXConfiguration.
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Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 NosupportforVirtualSMP

Installation Steps
To install or upgrade a system ... in graphical mode ... To install or upgrade a system ... in text mode, type: text <ENTER>. To enable expert mode, ... Use the function keys listed below ...
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextandpressEnter. 3 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps.
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IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheoptionEmulate3 Buttonsforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherServeror Workstationfortheinstallationtype. Youmightseeawarningthatsays: Bad partition table. The partition table on device sda is corrupted. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Select theInitializebuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthe virtualdiskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthe devicenameinstead. AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreen. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheVideoCardSelectionscreen,chooseanycardfromthelist. IntheVideoCardConfigurationscreen,chooseSkipXConfiguration.
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AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. NOTEWhenyoustartinstallingVMwareTools(bytyping./vmware-install.plinthevmware-tools-distrib directory),thefollowingmessageappears:

Ifyouplantodualbootthevirtualmachine,answerYestoallowthedrivertobeinstalled.AnswerYesagain tobackuptheexistingvideodriverfilesandalsocopytheXF86Config-4.distfiletoXF86Config-4.vm.Thelatter fileisusedwhendualbootingthevirtualmachine.
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Red Hat Linux 7.2

Support
VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

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Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextfollowedbyEnter. 3 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps.
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Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherServeror Workstationfortheinstallationtype. Awarningappearsthatsays: Bad partition table. The partition table on device sda is corrupted. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Clickthe InitializebuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthe virtualdiskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthe devicenameinstead.
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AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreen. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheoptionEmulate3 Buttonsforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine. IntheVideoCardSelectionscreen,choosethedefaultselection. DuringtheconfigurationoftheXserver,selectthedefaultsandproceedthroughthissectionasquickly aspossible,asthisXserverisreplacedbyanXserverspecifictoyourguestoperatingsystemwhenyou installVMwareToolsinthisvirtualmachine. ContinuetotheStartingXscreenandclicktheSkipbuttontoskiptestingtheconfiguration.
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BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. DonotstartXuntilyouhaveinstalledVMwareTools. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Installationsometimeshangsatrunning /sbin/loaderfornoapparentreason.Thehangiscausedbyabuginearly versionsofthe2.4Linuxkernel.Thebughasbeenfixedinkernel2.4.5.Distributionsbasedonthiskernel shouldinstallwithoutproblems. Forearlier2.4serieskernels,aworkaroundisavailable.AlthoughtheLinuxkernelbugisnotrelatedto CDROMdrives,theworkaroundinvolveschangingaVMwareconfigurationsettingforthevirtual DVD/CDROMdrive. Poweroffthevirtualmachineandclosethevirtualmachinewindow.Openthevirtualmachinesconfiguration file(.vmxor.cfgfile)inatexteditorandaddthefollowingline:
cdrom.minvirtualtime=100
Savethefile.Nowyoushouldbeabletoinstalltheguestoperatingsystemasdescribedabove.Afteryoufinish installingtheguestoperatingsystem,removethissettingfromtheconfigurationfile,asitmighthavea performanceimpact.


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Red Hat Linux 7.1

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheRedHatLinux 7.1operatingsystem.
Support
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatLinux7.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRedHat distributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatLinux7.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEYoushouldnotruntheXserverthatisinstalledwhenyousetupRedHatLinux7.1.Instead,togetan acceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackage immediatelyafterinstallingRedHatLinux7.1.
Installation Steps
Tochoosethetextmodeinstaller,typetextfollowedbyEnter. 3 4 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.Besuretomakethechoicesoutlinedin thefollowingsteps. Choosethelanguageandkeyboard,andthenintheInstallationTypescreen,chooseeitherServeror Workstationfortheinstallationtype.
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Awarningappearsthatsays: Bad partition table. The partition table on device sda is corrupted. To create new partitions, it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive. Thisdoesnotmeanthatanythingiswrongwiththeharddriveonyourphysicalcomputer.Itsimply meansthatthevirtualharddriveinyourvirtualmachineneedstobepartitionedandformatted.Clickthe InitializebuttonandpressEnter.Alsonotethatsdaappearsinthemessageasthedevicenameifthe virtualdiskinquestionisaSCSIdisk;ifthevirtualdiskisanIDEdrive,hdaappearsinthemessageasthe devicenameinstead. 5 6 AllowautomaticpartitioningofthedisktooccurintheAutomaticPartitioningscreen. IfyourcomputerisconnectedtoaLANthatprovidesDHCPsupport,intheNetworkConfiguration screen,youcanselecttheoptionUsebootp/dhcp.Ifyouprefer,youcanalsosetthenetworking parametersmanually. IntheMouseSelectionscreen,chooseGeneric3ButtonMouse(PS/2)andselecttheoptionEmulate3 Buttonsforthreebuttonmousesupportinthevirtualmachine. IntheVideoCardSelectionscreen,choosethedefaultselection. DuringtheconfigurationoftheXserver,selectthedefaultsandproceedthroughthissectionasquickly aspossible,asthisXserverisreplacedbyanXserverspecifictoyourguestoperatingsystemwhenyou installVMwareToolsinthisvirtualmachine. ContinuetotheStartingXscreenandclicktheSkipbuttontoskiptestingtheconfiguration.
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BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. DonotstartXuntilyouhaveinstalledVMwareTools. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Installationsometimeshangsatrunning /sbin/loaderfornoapparentreason.Thehangiscausedbyabuginearly versionsofthe2.4Linuxkernel.Thebughasbeenfixedinkernel2.4.5.Distributionsbasedonthiskernel shouldinstallwithoutproblems. Forearlier2.4serieskernels,aworkaroundisavailable.AlthoughtheLinuxkernelbugisnotrelatedto CDROMdrives,theworkaroundinvolveschangingaVMwareconfigurationsettingforthevirtual DVD/CDROMdrive. Poweroffthevirtualmachineandclosethevirtualmachinewindow.Openthevirtualmachinesconfiguration file(.vmxfileonaWindowshostor.cfgfileonaLinuxhost)inatexteditorandaddthefollowingline:
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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatLinux7.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRedHat distributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatLinux7.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheRedHatLinux7.0textmodeinstallation,astandardXFree86version4server(without supportforVMwareSVGAorstandardVGA)willbeinstalled.DonotrunthatXserver.Instead,togetan acceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,youshouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackage immediatelyafterinstallingRedHatLinux7.0. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
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1 2 InserttheRedHatLinux7.0CDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatLinux7.0. Werecommendyouinstalltheoperatingsystemwiththetextmodeinstaller.AttheRedHat7.0CDboot prompt,youareofferedthefollowingchoices:
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Neartheendoftheinstallation,afterfileshavebeencopied,youreachtheMonitorSetupscreen.Choose GenericStandardVGA,640x480@60Hz,andthenclickOK. AttheVideoMemoryscreen,choose256Kb,andthenclickOK. AttheClockchipConfigurationscreen,chooseNoClockchipSetting(recommended),whichisthe default,andthenclickOK. AttheProbeforClocksscreen,clickSkip. AttheSelectVideoModesscreen,dontchooseanything.JustclickOK. AttheStartingXscreen,clickSkip. NOTEThisisthemostimportantstep.ClickingOKrunstheXFree86version4server,whichfails,and theinstalleraborts.
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VMwarerecommendsyoudonotmigrateaLinuxvirtualmachinebetweenhostswhenonehostisrunning onanAMDprocessorandtheotherisrunningonanIntelprocessor. Duringinstallation,manydistributionsofLinuxchooseakernelthatisoptimizedforthespecificprocessoron whichitisbeinginstalled,andsomedistributionsinstallagenerickernelbydefault,butprovide architecturespecifickernelsthattheusercanchoosetoinstall.Thekernelmightcontaininstructionsthatare
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availableonlyonthatprocessor.Theseinstructionscanhaveadverseeffectswhenrunonahostwiththe wrongtypeofprocessor. Thus,aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanAMDprocessormightnotworkifmigratedtoahost withanIntelprocessor.Thereverseisalsotrue:aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanIntel processormightnotworkifmigratedtoahostwithanAMDprocessor. Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.Forexample,ifyou moveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntelmachine,youarealsolikelyto experienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive.
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VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingRedHatLinux6.2inavirtualmachineistousethestandardRedHat distributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingRedHatLinux6.2viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedanewvirtualmachineand configureditusingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard(onWindowshosts)orConfigurationWizard(onLinux hosts). CAUTIONRedHatLinux6.2runsonIntelcoreprocessors.However,itdoesnotrunonXeonprocessorsthat arebrandedXeon,withnoqualifier,orXeonMP(PentiumIIIXeonprocessorsareOK). NOTEDuetoVGAperformanceissuesinstallingRedHat6.2withthegraphicsmodeinstaller,wehighly recommendyouinstalltheoperatingsystemwiththetextmodeinstaller.AttheRedHat6.1or6.2CDboot prompt,youareofferedthefollowingchoices:
ChoosethetextmodeinstallerbytypingtextfollowedbyEnter. NOTEDuringtheRedHatLinux6.xinstallation,astandardVGA16Xserver(withoutsupportforthe VMwareXserver)isinstalled.TogetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,you shouldinstalltheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingRedHatLinux6.x. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
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1 2 InserttheRedHatLinux6.2installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingRedHatLinux6.2. Werecommendyouinstalltheoperatingsystemwiththetextmodeinstaller.AttheRedHat6.2CDboot prompt,youareofferedthefollowingchoices:
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ChoosethetextmodeinstallerbytypingtextfollowedbyEnter. 3 Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine. NOTEIfthevirtualmachinesEthernetadapterhasbeenenabled,theinstallationprogramautodetects andloadstheAMDPC/Net32driver(nocommandlineparameterisnecessarytoloadthedriver). NOTEThetextmodeinstallerinRedHatLinux6.2presentsaHostnameConfigurationscreen.Ifyouare installingthisguestwithDHCPinavirtualmachinewithhostonlynetworking,donotspecifyahost name.JustrespondOKandcontinue.(Specifyingahostnamewillcauseaninstallererrorlater.)Atthe nextscreenNetworkConfigurationrespondOKtousethedefault:Usebootp/dhcp. 4 5 6 7 8 9 DuringtheLinuxinstallation,selectthestandardVGA16Xserver. IntheChooseaCardscreen,selecttheGenericVGAcompatible/GenericVGAcardfromthelist. IntheMonitorSetupscreen,selectGenericMonitorfromthelist. SelecttheProbebuttonfromtheScreenConfigurationdialogbox. SelectOKfromtheStartingXdialogbox.AfterLinuxisinstalled,thegenericXserverisreplacedwiththe acceleratedXserverincludedintheVMwareToolspackagewhenyouinstallVMwareTools. FinishinstallingRedHatLinux6.2asyouwouldonaphysicalmachine.
AtthispointRedHat6.2bootsandaloginscreenappears. ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheRedHatLinux7.0guestoperatingsystem.
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Sun Java Desktop System 2

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSunJavaDesktop System2operatingsystem.
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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSunJavaDesktopSystem2inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSun JavaDesktopSystemdistributionCDs.Thenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandard distributionCD;however,installingSunJavaDesktopSystem2viathebootfloppy/networkmethodis supportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSunJavaDesktopSystem2installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSunJavaDesktopSystem2. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheSunJavaDesktopSystem2guestoperatingsystem.
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Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation

Onsomehostsystems,theSunJavaDesktopSystem2installerattemptstouseakernelthatisincompatible withtheACPIfeaturesofthevirtualhardware.Toworkaroundthisproblem,openthevirtualmachines configurationfileinatexteditorandaddthefollowingline:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSUSELinux EnterpriseServer10operatingsystem.
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VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10onWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0 ESXServer3.0.1 NovellOESServicePack1onESXServer3.0.1 NovellOESServicePack2onESXServer3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
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VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10onWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0 ESXServer3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10(SLES10)inavirtualmachineistousethe standardSUSEdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingSLES10viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.UnlessyouareusingESXServer2.5.x,VMware recommendsthatyouusetheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 InserttheSLES10installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSLES10.
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Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,usethearrowkeystoselect Installation,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeystochoosetextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthe textmodeinstaller. AttheInstallationSettingsscreen,gototheChangemenuandchooseBooting. TheBootLoaderSetupscreenappears.SettheBootLoaderTypetoLILOinsteadofthedefaultGRUB. Theinstallerdisplaysawarningthatindicatesyoumightlosesomesettingsandpromptsyoutoselecta courseofaction.SelectConvertcurrentconfigurationandcontinue. SelectFinishtoreturntotheInstallationSettingsscreen. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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Do Not Use 4-Bit Color
IfyouchangethescreenresolutionintheSLES10guestoperatingsystem,besureyoualsosetacolorbitdepth greaterthan16colors(4bit).Ifyouattempttouseasettingof16colors(4bit),itcancauseafatalerrorinthe Xserver.

Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,it includestheMACaddressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddress changes,theguestoperatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernet adapter.Ifyouexperiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbycopyingorrenamingthefile.Foreth0,for example,makethefollowingchange: Oldname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address>
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VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack2supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack3onWorkstation5.5,5.5.1 ServicePack3supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack4betaonWorkstation6.0 NovellOpenEnterpriseServerservicessupportedonSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9ServicePack1 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 ServicePack1supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 ServicePack2supportedonVMwareACE2.0 ServicePack3supportedonVMwareACE2.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack4betaonVMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 ServicePack1alsosupported VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ServicePack1,2,3supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 ServicePack1supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 ServicePack2supportedonESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 ServicePack3supportedonESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 NovellOESServicePack1onESXServer3.0,3.0.1 NovellOESServicePack2onESXServer3.0,3.0.1 NOTEhugememkernelisnotsupportedonESXServer2.5.3or2.5.4,refertoknowledgebasearticle 8964517atkb.vmware.com/kb/8964517. NOTEBeforeyouapplyServicePack3toESXServer3.0or3.0.1,refertoknowledgebasearticle51306at kb.vmware.com/kb/51306. VirtualSMPsupported(ForhostmachinesthatusetheAMDOpteronprocessor,seetheknownissue SLES9SP3GuestExperiencesMonitorPanicinSMPModeonHostwithAMDOpteronProcessoron page 145.)
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VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack2supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack3onWorkstation5.5,5.5.1 ServicePack3supportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack4onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0
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NOTEBeforeyouapplyServicePack3toESXServer3.0or3.0.1,refertoknowledgebasearticle51306at kb.vmware.com/kb/51306.
VMwareACE2.0 ServicePack1supportedonVMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 ServicePack2supportedonVMwareACE2.0 ServicePack3supportedonVMwareACE2.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack4betaonVMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ServicePack1,2,3supportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ESXServer3.0.1 ServicePack3supportedonESXServer3.0.1 VirtualSMPandUPsupportedonESXServer3.0.1
ESXServer3.0 ExperimentalsupportforServicePack1,2,3onESXServer3.0

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9(SLES9)inavirtualmachineistousethe standardSUSEdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingSLES9viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.UnlessyouareusingESXServer2.5.x,VMware recommendsthatyouusetheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem. ESXServer:OnlytheBusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedinaSLES9virtualmachineonESXServer 2.5.x.TheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedforSLES9virtualmachinesonESXServer3.x.Onlythe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedinaSLES9virtualmachinewithmorethan4GBofmemoryon ESXServer3.x. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSLES9installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSLES9. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,usethearrowkeystoselect Installation,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeystochoosetextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthe textmodeinstaller. AttheInstallationSettingsscreen,gototheChangemenuandchooseBooting. TheBootLoaderSetupscreenappears.SettheBootLoaderTypetoLILOinsteadofthedefaultGRUB. Theinstallerdisplaysawarningthatindicatesyoumightlosesomesettingsandpromptsyoutoselecta courseofaction.SelectConvertcurrentconfigurationandcontinue. SelectFinishtoreturntotheInstallationSettingsscreen. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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64-bit SLES 9 with SP 1 Spontaneously Resets on Intel EM64T Hardware
A64bitvirtualmachinewithSuse Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service Pack1 might spontaneously reset on Intel EM64T hardware. If this should occur, check to see if the Execute Disable functionality is disabled in the host BIOS. Execute Disable must be enabled for all 64-bit Linux kernels to function properly.

IfyouchangethescreenresolutionintheSLES9guestoperatingsystem,besureyoualsosetacolorbitdepth greaterthan16colors(4bit).Ifyouattempttouseasettingof16colors(4bit),itcancauseafatalerrorinthe Xserver.

Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,it includestheMACaddressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddress changes,theguestoperatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernet adapter.Ifyouexperiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbycopyingorrenamingthefile.Foreth0,for example,makethefollowingchange: Oldname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address> Newname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
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SLES 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode on Host with AMD Opteron Processor
VMwareWorkstationorVMwareESXServer:OnahostmachinewithanAMDOpteronprocessor,avirtual machinerunningSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP3inSMPmode(thatis,withmorethanonevirtual processor)failstoboot,withthemonitorerrorBUGF(140):1913bugNr18415.Theerroriscausedbyspecific CPUinstructionsexecutedbytheguestkernelonAMDplatforms. Toworkaroundthisproblem,youcansetthevirtualmachinetouseonlyonevirtualprocessor.For instructions,seeyourVMwareproductdocumentation.ThisproblemhasbeenfixedinWorkstation5.5.xand ESXServer3.x.


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VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 ServicePack3supportedonGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 ServicePack3supportedonESXServer2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 ServicePack4supportedonESXServer2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupported
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.UnlessyouareusingESXServer2.5.x,VMware recommendsthatyouusetheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer8(SLES8)inavirtualmachineistousethe standardSUSEdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingSLES8viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheSLES8installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSLES8. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Partwaythroughtheinstallation,theinstallerrebootsthevirtualmachine.AttheLILOscreen,lettheboot proceedusingthedefaultselectionoflinux. AttheDesktopSettingsscreen,select640x480256colors. FinishinstallingSLES8asyouwouldonaphysicalmachine.
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VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 ServicePack2supported VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 ServicePack2supportedonGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer7(SLES7)inavirtualmachineistousethe standardSUSEdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingSLES7viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheSLES7installation,astandardVGA16Xservershouldbeinstalled.Togetanaccelerated SVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,installtheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafter installingSLES7.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheSLES7installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSLES7. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Partwaythroughtheinstallation,theinstallerrebootsthevirtualmachine.AttheLILOscreen,lettheboot proceedusingthedefaultselectionoflinux. AttheDesktopSettingsscreen,select640x480256colors. FinishinstallingSLES7asyouwouldonaphysicalmachine.
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InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSUSELinux10.1 operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
64-Bit Version

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux10.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux10.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSUSELinux10.1installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux10.1. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF3keytogetbootoptions. PresstheF3keyagainandusethearrowkeystoselecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetext modeinstaller. BesuretoinstallgccandthekernelsourcesotheVMwareToolsinstallercancompilemodulesforSUSE Linux10. AttheInstallationSettingsscreen,chooseChange,andthenchooseSoftware.FromtheFiltermenu, chooseRPMGroups.ChoosetheDevelopmentgroup,pressEntertoopenit,andaddgcc,gccc++,and kernelsourcebyhighlightingthoseitemsinthelistandpressingthespacebar.
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AttheTestInternetConnectionscreenduringfinalconfiguration,afterallpackagesareinstalleddo notperformtheInternetconnectiontest. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheSUSELinux10.1guestoperatingsystem.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. NOTEIftheinitialXdisplayisnotusable,youmustinstallVMwareToolsfromatextmodeconsole,as describedinInstallingVMwareToolsinaLinuxGuestOperatingSystemonpage 27. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
Known Issues
Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaSUSELinux10.1guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,itincludestheMAC addressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddresschanges,theguest operatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernetadapter.Ifyou experiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbycopyingorrenamingthefile.Foreth0,forexample,make thefollowingchange: Oldname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address> Newname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0

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availableonlyonthatprocessor.Theseinstructionscanhaveadverseeffectswhenrunonahostwiththe wrongtypeofprocessor. Thus,aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanAMDprocessormightnotworkifmigratedtoahost withanIntelprocessor.Thereverseisalsotrue:aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanIntel processormightnotworkifmigratedtoahostwithanAMDprocessor. Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.Forexample,ifyou moveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntelmachine,youarealsolikelyto experienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive.
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SUSE Linux 10
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSUSELinux10 operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforSUSELinux10onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforSUSELinux10onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux10inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux10viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSUSELinux10installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux10. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF3keytogetbootoptions. PresstheF3keyagainandusethearrowkeystoselecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetext modeinstaller. BesuretoinstallgccandthekernelsourcesotheVMwareToolsinstallercancompilemodulesforSUSE Linux10.
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AttheInstallationSettingsscreen,chooseChange,andthenchooseSoftware.FromtheFiltermenu, chooseRPMGroups.ChoosetheDevelopmentgroup,pressEntertoopenit,andaddgcc,gccc++,and kernelsourcebyhighlightingthoseitemsinthelistandpressingthespacebar. 5 6 AttheTestInternetConnectionscreenduringfinalconfiguration,afterallpackagesareinstalleddo notperformtheInternetconnectiontest. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheSUSELinux10guestoperatingsystem.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. NOTEIftheinitialXdisplayisnotusable,youmustinstallVMwareToolsfromatextmodeconsole,as describedinInstallingVMwareToolsinaLinuxGuestOperatingSystemonpage 27. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
Known Issues
Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaSUSELinux10guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,itincludestheMAC addressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddresschanges,theguest operatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernetadapter.Ifyou experiencethisproblem,youcanworkarounditbycopyingorrenamingthefile.Foreth0,forexample,make thefollowingchange: Oldname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address> Newname: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0

VMwarerecommendsyoudonotmigrateaLinuxvirtualmachinebetweenhostswhenonehostisrunning onanAMDprocessorandtheotherisrunningonanIntelprocessor.
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Duringinstallation,manydistributionsofLinuxchooseakernelthatisoptimizedforthespecificprocessoron whichitisbeinginstalled,andsomedistributionsinstallagenerickernelbydefault,butprovide architecturespecifickernelsthattheusercanchoosetoinstall.Thekernelmightcontaininstructionsthatare availableonlyonthatprocessor.Theseinstructionscanhaveadverseeffectswhenrunonahostwiththe wrongtypeofprocessor. Thus,aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanAMDprocessormightnotworkifmigratedtoahost withanIntelprocessor.Thereverseisalsotrue:aLinuxvirtualmachinecreatedonahostwithanIntel processormightnotworkifmigratedtoahostwithanAMDprocessor. Thisproblemisnotspecifictovirtualmachinesandalsooccursonphysicalcomputers.Forexample,ifyou moveaharddrivewithaLinuxinstallationfromanAMDmachinetoanIntelmachine,youarealsolikelyto experienceproblemstryingtobootfromthatdrive.
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Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported
NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux9.3inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux9.3viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. ESXServer:OnlytheBusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedinaSUSELinux9.3virtualmachineonESX Server2.5.x.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheSUSELinux9.3installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux9.3. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeysto selecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Duringfinalconfiguration,afterallpackagesareinstalled,donotperformtheInternetconnectiontest. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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Ifyoumightcopyormovethisvirtualmachine,makethechangedescribedinManualChangesMight BeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachineonpage 157.
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IfyouchangethescreenresolutionintheSUSELinux9.3guestoperatingsystem,besureyoualsosetacolor bitdepthgreaterthan16colors(4bit).Ifyouattempttouseasettingof16colors(4bit),itcancauseafatal errorintheXserver.

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Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ServicePack1supportedVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 NosupportforVirtualSMP
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ServicePack1supportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ServicePack1andsupportedVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux9.2inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux9.2viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.UnlessyouareusingESXServer2.5.x,VMware recommendsthatyouusetheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem. ESXServer:OnlytheBusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedinaSUSELinux9.2virtualmachineonESX Server2.5.x. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 InserttheSUSELinux9.2installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux9.2. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeysto selecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Duringfinalconfiguration,afterallpackagesareinstalled,donotperformtheInternetconnectiontest. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine. Ifyoumightcopyormovethisvirtualmachine,makethechangedescribedinManualChangesMight BeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachineonpage 160.
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Insomecases,networkingdoesnotworkproperlyinacopiedorclonedvirtualmachineoravirtualmachine deployedtoendusersaspartofaVMwareACEpackage.Ifyoucopyavirtualmachineandspecifythatthe copyshouldhaveauniqueidentifier,theMACaddressesforanyvirtualEthernetadaptersattachedtothe virtualmachinechange.WhenaSUSELinux9.2guestoperatingsystemisinstalled,itincludestheMAC addressaspartofakeyconfigurationfilename.WhenthevirtualmachinesMACaddresschanges,theguest operatingsystemmightfailtoassociatethisconfigurationfilewiththevirtualEthernetadapter.Ifyou
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Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux9.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux9.1viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.UnlessyouareusingESXServer2.5.x,VMware recommendsthatyouusetheLSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem. ESXServer:OnlytheBusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterissupportedinaSUSELinux9.1virtualmachineonESX Server2.5.x. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 InserttheSUSELinux9.1installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux9.1.
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Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeysto selecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine. Ifyoumightcopyormovethisvirtualmachine,makethechangedescribedinManualChangesMight BeNeededtoUseNetworkinginCopiedVirtualMachineonpage 164.
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Onsomehostsystems,theSUSELinux9.1installerattemptstouseakernelthatisincompatiblewiththeACPI featuresofthevirtualhardware.Toworkaroundthisproblem,openthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfile inatexteditorandaddthefollowingline:
YoushouldthenbeabletoinstallandrunaSUSELinux9.1guestoperatingsystem.
Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message

InstallationfromaDVDmightstopattheSoftwareitemunderInstallationSettingswiththefollowingerror message:No base selection available. ERROR: No proposal.SUSEhasseenthisproblemonbothphysicaland virtualmachines.Toworkaroundtheprobleminsideavirtualmachine,typethefollowingatthebootprompt asyoubegintheinstallation:
linux cdromdevice=/dev/hdc
Replace/dev/hdcwiththeappropriatedevicenameifyourCDROMdeviceisnotthemasterdeviceonthe secondIDEchannel.Theinstallationshouldthenproceednormally.

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Support
VMwareWorkstation4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupported

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux9.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSELinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingSUSELinux9.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheSUSELinux9.0installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux9.0. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,usethearrowkeysto selecttextmode,andthenpressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Followtheremaininginstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareToolsandruntheSaX2 configurationutility.SeeBeforeYouStarttheXServer.
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Before You Start the X Server

AfteryouhaveinstalledVMwareTools,butbeforeyoustarttheXserver,astherootuser,runtheSaX2 configurationutilitytoconfigureyourXserver.Atacommandprompt,typeSaX2andusethewizardto configureyourXserver.IfyouintendtoconnecttothisvirtualmachinewiththeVMwareVirtualMachine Console,configurethecolorresolutionfor65536(16bit)colorsorless. AfteryourunSaX2youcanbootyourSUSELinux8.2virtualmachinewithanyoftheselectionsofferedin GRUB.
Known Issues

InstallationfromaDVDmightstopattheSoftwareitemunderInstallationSettingswiththefollowingerror message:No base selection available. ERROR: No proposal. SUSEhasseenthisproblemonbothphysicalandvirtualmachines.Toworkaroundtheprobleminsidea virtualmachine,typethefollowingatthebootpromptasyoubegintheinstallation:
Replace/dev/hdcwiththeappropriatedevicenameifyourCDROMdeviceisnotthemasterdeviceonthe secondIDEchannel. Theinstallationshouldthenproceednormally.

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VMwareWorkstation4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 VirtualSMPsupportedonESXServer2.0,2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingSUSELinux8.2inavirtualmachineistousethestandardSUSEdistribution CDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however,installingSUSE Linux8.2viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproductsupportsit,you canalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheSUSELinux8.2installation,donotinstallanXserver.TogetanacceleratedSVGAXserver runninginsidethevirtualmachine,installtheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingSUSELinux 8.2.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheSUSELinux8.2installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux8.2. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,typelinux,andthen pressEntertoselectthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheConfigureMonitorscreen,chooseTextModeOnly. ClickAcceptandfinishtheinstallation.
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AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareToolsandruntheSaX2 configurationutility.SeeBeforeYouStarttheXServer. NOTEWhenyoustartinstallingVMwareTools(bytyping./vmware-install.plinthevmware-tools-distrib directory),thefollowingmessageappears:

Ifyouplantodualbootthevirtualmachine,answerYestoallowthedrivertobeinstalled.AnswerYesagain tobackuptheexistingvideodriverfilesandalsocopytheXF86Config-4.distfiletoXF86Config-4.vm.Thelatter fileisusedwhendualbootingthevirtualmachine. Ifyoudonotintendtodualbootthevirtualmachine,answerNotokeeptheexistingdriver.

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InstallationfromaDVDmightstopattheSoftwareitemunderInstallationSettingswiththefollowingerror message:No base selection available. ERROR: No proposal. SUSEhasseenthisproblemonbothphysicalandvirtualmachines.Toworkaroundtheprobleminsidea virtualmachine,typethefollowingatthebootpromptasyoubegintheinstallation:
Replace/dev/hdcwiththeappropriatedevicenameifyourCDROMdeviceisnotthemasterdeviceonthe secondIDEchannel. Theinstallationshouldthenproceednormally.
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SUSE Linux 8.1

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Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheSUSELinux8.1installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux8.1. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,andthenpressEnter toselectthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheConfigureMonitorscreen,chooseTextModeOnly. ClickAcceptandfinishtheinstallation.
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VMware Tools
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareToolsandruntheSaX2 configurationutility.SeeBeforeYouStarttheXServer. NOTEWhenyoustartinstallingVMwareTools(bytyping./vmware-install.plinthevmware-tools-distrib directory),thefollowingmessageappears:


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SUSE Linux 8.0

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Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheSUSELinux8.0installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux8.0. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheConfigureMonitorscreen,chooseNoX11.Theinstaller asksyoutoconfirm.ClickContinueandfinishtheinstallation.
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AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareTools. NOTEWhenyoustartinstallingVMwareTools(bytyping./vmware-install.plinthevmware-tools-distrib directory),thefollowingmessageappears:


AfteryouhaveinstalledVMwareTools,butbeforeyoustarttheXserver,asrootuser,runtheSaX2 configurationutilitytoconfigureyourXserver.Atacommandprompt,typeSaX2andusethewizardto configureyourXserver. AfteryourunSaX2youcanbootyourSUSE8.0virtualmachinewithanyoftheselectionsofferedinLILO.
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Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheSUSELinux7.3installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSUSELinux7.3. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachineuntilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheConfigureMonitorscreen,chooseNoX11.Theinstaller asksyoutoconfirm.ClickContinueandfinishtheinstallation.
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AfteryouhaveinstalledVMwareTools,youcanbootyourSUSE7.3virtualmachinewithanyoftheselections offeredinLILO. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Turbolinux 10 Desktop
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheTurbolinux10 Desktopoperatingsystem.
Support

VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingTurbolinux10DesktopinavirtualmachineistousethestandardTurbolinux distributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingTurbolinux10Desktopviathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMware productsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEWithmanyLinuxguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhentheBusLogic virtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusetheLSILogic virtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheTurbolinux10DesktopinstallationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingTurbolinux10Desktop. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
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Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheTurbolinux EnterpriseServer8operatingsystem.
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingTurbolinuxEnterpriseServer8(TLES8)inavirtualmachineistousethe standardTurbolinuxdistributionCDs.Thenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandard distributionCD;however,installingTLES8viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. CAUTIONDuringtheTLES8installation,donotinstallanXserver.TogetanacceleratedSVGAXserver runninginsidethevirtualmachine,installtheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingTLES8.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheTLES8installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingTLES8. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine,untilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,andthenpressEnter toselectthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheDesktopSettingsscreen,chooseTextModeOnly.Click Acceptandfinishtheinstallation.
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AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareToolsandruntheSaX2 configurationutility.SeeBeforeYouStarttheXServer.

AfteryouhaveinstalledVMwareTools,butbeforeyoustarttheXserver,asrootuser,runtheSaX2 configurationutilitytoconfigureyourXserver.Atacommandprompt,typeSaX2andusethewizardto configureyourXserver. GSXServer:IfyouintendtoconnecttothisvirtualmachinewiththeVMwareVirtualMachineConsole, configurethecolorresolutionfor65536(16bit)colorsorless. AfteryourunSaX2youcanbootyourTLES8virtualmachinewithanyoftheselectionsofferedinGRUB.
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Turbolinux Workstation 8
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheTurbolinux Workstation8operatingsystem.
Support

VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingTurbolinuxWorkstation8inavirtualmachineistousethestandard TurbolinuxdistributionCDs.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD; however,installingTurbolinuxWorkstation8viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. CAUTIONDuringtheTurbolinuxWorkstation8installation,donotinstallanXserver.Togetanaccelerated SVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,installtheVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafter installingTurbolinuxWorkstation8.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 5 InserttheTurbolinuxWorkstation8installationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingTurbolinuxWorkstation8. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine,untilyougettotheselectionscreens describedinthenextsteps. Installusingthetextmodeinstaller.Inthefirstinstallationscreen,presstheF2key,andthenpressEnter toselectthetextmodeinstaller. Whenprompted,donotinstallanXserver.IntheDesktopSettingsscreen,chooseTextModeOnly.Click Acceptandfinishtheinstallation.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly
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forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareToolsandruntheSaX2 configurationutility.SeeBeforeYouStarttheXServer.

AfteryouhaveinstalledVMwareTools,butbeforeyoustarttheXserver,asrootuser,runtheSaX2 configurationutilitytoconfigureyourXserver.Atacommandprompt,typeSaX2andusethewizardto configureyourXserver. GSXServer:IfyouintendtoconnecttothisvirtualmachinewiththeVMwareVirtualMachineConsole, configurethecolorresolutionfor65536(16bit)colorsorless. AfteryourunSaX2,youcanbootyourTurbolinuxWorkstation8virtualmachinewithanyoftheselections offeredinGRUB.
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Turbolinux 7.0
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheTurbolinux7.0 operatingsystem.
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingTurbolinux7.0inavirtualmachineistousethestandardTurbolinux7.0 distributionCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingthestandarddistributionCD;however, installingTurbolinux7.0viathebootfloppy/networkmethodissupportedaswell.IfyourVMwareproduct supportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEDuringtheTurbolinux7.0installation,astandardVGA16Xserver(withoutsupportfortheVMware displayadapter)isinstalled.TogetanacceleratedSVGAXserverrunninginsidethevirtualmachine,install theVMwareToolspackageimmediatelyafterinstallingTurbolinux7.0,beforeyoustarttheXserver.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 4 InserttheTurbolinux7.0CDNo.1intheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingTurbolinux7.0. FollowtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPCuntilyougettotheselectionscreendescribed inthenextstep. IntheConfigureMonitorscreen,followthedefaultstoconfigureanXserver.Thisisnecessaryeven thoughyouwillinstalladifferentXserverwithVMwareToolsafteryoufinishinstallingtheguest operatingsystem. FinishinstallingTurbolinux7.0asyouwouldonaphysicalcomputer.
AtthispointTurbolinux7.0bootsandaloginscreenappears.
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VMware Tools
AfteryoudisableIPv6,youshouldbeabletoinstallandconfigureVMwareToolssuccessfully. DonotstarttheXserverintheguestoperatingsystemuntilyouinstallVMwareTools. VMwareGSXServer:IfyouplantotestscriptsinaTurbolinux7.0guestoperatingsystem,youmustupdate theTurbolinuxguestoperatingsystem.ThisisaknownissuewithTurbolinux.Goto ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/TurboLinux/TurboLinux/ia32/Workstation/7/updates/RPMS/initscripts7.0.0 18.i586.rpm.Formoreinformationaboutrunningscriptsinaguestoperatingsystem,seeExecutingScripts WhentheVirtualMachinesPowerStateChangesintheGSXServerdocumentation.
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Ubuntu Linux 7.04

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheUbuntuLinux7.04 operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingUbuntuLinux7.04inavirtualmachineistousethestandardUbuntuLinux distributionCD. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheUbuntuLinuxCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingUbuntuLinux. AftertheUbuntuLinuxinstallercopiesthefilesitneedstothevirtualdisk,itejectstheinstallationCD anddisplaysamessagesayingthecomputerwillrestart.Ifthevirtualmachinefailstorestartasexpected, clicktheResetbuttontorestartit. FollowtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPC.
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. NOTEYoumustusethetarinstallertoinstallVMwareToolsinUbuntuLinux. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free
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Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Ubuntu Linux 6.10

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32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforUbuntuLinux6.10onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0
ThisoperatingsystemhasexperimentalsupportasaguestoperatingsystemonthefollowingVMware product:
VMwareWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforUbuntuLinux6.10onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation6.0 VMwareACE2.0
ThisoperatingsystemhasexperimentalsupportasaguestoperatingsystemonthefollowingVMware product:
VMwareWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.3,5.5.4

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BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. NOTEYoumustusethetarinstallertoinstallVMwareToolsinUbuntuLinux. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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Ubuntu Linux 6.06

Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforUbuntuLinux6.06onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 EclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggersupportforUbuntuLinux6.06onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

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Ubuntu Linux 5.10

Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3, 5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

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NOTEYoumustusethetarinstallertoinstallVMwareToolsinUbuntuLinux. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
VMware Tools and 64-bit Version of Ubuntu Linux 5.10

The64bitversionofUbuntuLinux5.10lacksthedriverneededforcorrectoperationoftheXserverinthe virtualmachine.ThedriverisinstalledwhenyouinstallVMwareTools. FollowthesestepstoinstallVMwareToolsinthe64bitversionofUbuntuLinux5.10: 1 2 StartthevirtualmachineandallowUbuntuLinuxtoboot. IfyoucannotuseyourXdisplay,switchtoatextmodeterminalbyholdingdowntheCtrlAltkeyswhile youpressandreleasethespacebar,thenpressF2.DonotreleaseCtrlAltuntilafteryoupressF2.Logon withtheusernameandpasswordyoucreatedduringinstallation. YouarenowreadytofollowthenormalinstructionsforinstallingVMwareToolsinaLinuxvirtual machineusingthetarinstaller.
NOTEThedirectory/mnt/cdrom does not exist in the standard installation of Ubuntu Linux. You can mount the VMware Tools CD-ROM image at /media/cdrom with the following command:
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Adjustothercommandsintheinstallationinstructionsappropriately.
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Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheUbuntuLinux5.0.4 operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Version

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingUbuntuLinux5.0.4inavirtualmachineistousethestandardUbuntuLinux distributionCD. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheUbuntuLinuxCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingUbuntuLinux. IfyourhostcomputerisonanetworkthatusesaproxyserverforInternetaccess,enterinformationabout theproxyservernameandportatthebootprompt.
linux http_proxy=http://<proxy_server>:<port_number>
FollowtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPC. Youcannowbecomerootatanytimeusingthenormalsu -commandandtherootpasswordyoujust created.
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FreeBSD 6.1
Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheFreeBSD6.1 operatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
Workstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0
NOTEWithmanyFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhenthe BusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusethe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingFreeBSD6.1inavirtualmachineistousethestandardFreeBSDdistribution CD. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheFreeBSDCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingFreeBSD. FollowtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPC.
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VMwarehasnottestedsoundsupportinFreeBSD.
Guest Screen Saver

OnaFreeBSDhostwithanXFree863.xXserver,itisbestnottorunascreensaverintheguestoperating system.GuestscreensaversthatdemandalotofprocessingpowercancausetheXserveronthehosttofreeze.
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Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
64-Bit Version
VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
NOTEWithmanyFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhenthe BusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusethe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

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VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
VMwareWorkstation5.5,5.5.1
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorGSXServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine. NOTEWithmanyFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhenthe BusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusethe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

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32-Bit Version
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VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPsupportedonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
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NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorGSXServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine. NOTEWithmanyFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhenthe BusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusethe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

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VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3
NOTEIfyouareinstallingaguestoperatingsystemthroughVMwareVirtualCenter,besureitissupported undertheVMwareproductESXServerorVMwareServeronwhichyouarerunningthevirtualmachine. NOTEWithmanyFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems,variousproblemshavebeenobservedwhenthe BusLogicvirtualSCSIadapterisusedwithVMwarevirtualmachines.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusethe LSILogicvirtualSCSIadapterwiththisguestoperatingsystem.

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VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

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VMwareWorkstation4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

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vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server

ESXServer:VMwarerecommendsthatyouconfigureESXServervirtualmachinesthatusethisguest operatingsystemtousethevmxEthernetadapter.Seeyourproductdocumentationforinstructions.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheFreeBSDCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingFreeBSD. IntheFreeBSDDisklabelEditorstep,donotusetheinstallersdefaultoptionA partitioning.Useoption Ctocreatethemounts.InordertoinstallVMwareTools,youneedmorespacein/usrthanisprovidedby theinstallersdefaults.Besureyourpartitioningschemeincludesatleast4,000,000blocksfor/usr. FollowtherestoftheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalPC.
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FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheFreeBSD4.4,4.5, 4.6.2,and4.8operatingsystems.
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingFreeBSD4.4,4.5,4.6.2or4.8inavirtualmachineistousethestandard FreeBSDdistributionCD. NOTEFreeBSD4.6isnotsupported.UseFreeBSD4.6.2instead.Itresolvesanissuethatinterfereswith installationofFreeBSD4.6inavirtualmachine. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Installation Steps
VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools.
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To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
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FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheFreeBSD4.0.4.1,4.2, and4.3operatingsystems.
Support

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingFreeBSD4.0,4.1,4.2or4.3inavirtualmachineistousethestandardFreeBSD distributionCD. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEIfyoucreateyourvirtualmachinewithavirtualIDEdisk,installationproceedsasitwouldona physicalmachine.IfyoucreateyourvirtualmachinewithaSCSIvirtualdiskthatis2GBorlarger,seeSetting theDiskGeometryforaFreeBSDSCSIVirtualDisk.
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VMware Tools
BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InmanyLinuxdistributions,ifIPv6isenabled,VMwareToolscannotbeconfiguredwith vmware-config-tools.plafterinstallation.Inthiscase,VMwareToolsisunabletosetthenetworkdevicecorrectly forthevirtualmachine,anddisplaysamessagesimilarto Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free Thismessagerepeatscontinuouslyuntilyourebootthevirtualmachine.Topreventthisprobleminvirtual machinesrunningLinux,disableIPv6beforeinstallingVMwareTools.
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To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 2 Ifthefile /etc/sysconfig/networkcontainsthelineNETWORKING_IPV6=yes,changethelineto NETWORKING_IPV6=no. Inthefile /etc/modules.conf,addthefollowinglines: alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off
Known Issues
Setting the Disk Geometry for a FreeBSD SCSI Virtual Disk
IfyouinstallFreeBSD4.0,4.1,4.2or4.3astheguestoperatingsystemona2GBorlargerSCSIvirtualdisk,the guestoperatingsystemdoesnotbootunlessyoutakethespecialstepsdescribedinthissection. ItfailstobootbecausethevirtualdiskgeometryisnotprobedcorrectlybyFreeBSDwhenyouinstalltheguest operatingsystem.FreeBSDinstallsthebootloaderinthewronglocationonthevirtualdisk.WhenFreeBSD triestoboot,theFreeBSDbootloaderaskstheBIOSforimportantdatathatisnowonadifferentsectionofthe virtualdisk,soFreeBSDcannotboot. ThisproblemhasbeenfixedinFreeBSD4.4.ThisandlaterversionscorrectlybootSCSIvirtualdisksofany size. TouseFreeBSD4.0,4.1,4.2or4.3inyourvirtualmachine,youcandooneoftwothings:
UseanIDEvirtualdiskinyourvirtualmachine.YoumightneedtoaddtheIDEvirtualdisktothevirtual machinewiththeConfigurationEditor. SetthediskgeometrybyhandwheninstallingFreeBSD.Thesestepsareoutlinedbelow.
Tosetthediskgeometrymanually,takethesesteps. 1 FreeBSDcalculatesanincorrectdiskgeometrybeforeyouarriveattheFDISKPartitionEditor,as illustratedhere.
Tosetthediskgeometry,pressGtoselecttheoptionSetDriveGeometry.Adialogboxappears, containingnumberslike2055/64/32,representingtheincorrectgeometryincylinders,headsandsectors perhead.
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Tocalculatethecorrectgeometry,findthetotalnumberofsectorsbymultiplyingthenumberofcylinders, headsandsectorsperheadtogether,andthendividingthenumberofsectorsbythecorrectnumberof headsandsectorsperhead. Intheaboveillustration,thevirtualdiskisa2055MBdiskwith2055cylinders,64headsand32sectorsper head(thesenumbersrepresenttheincorrectgeometry).Theproductofthesethreenumbers(2055x64x 32)equals4,208,640sectors. TodeterminethecorrectgeometryfortheBusLogiccompatiblevirtualSCSIadapterusedbythevirtual machine,calculatethenumberofcylinders,whichis4,208,640sectorsdividedbytheproductoftheactual numberofheadsandsectorsperhead(255headstimes63sectorsperhead).Thisresultsinatotalof261 actualcylinders(4208640/(255*63)=261,roundeddown).
Youcannowenterthecorrectgeometryof261cylinders,255headsand63sectorsperheadbytyping 261/255/63inthedialogbox.ThenclickOKandcontinueinstallingFreeBSD.
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NetWare 6.5 Server

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheNetware6.5Server operatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3SupportPack1 VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0SupportPack3 VMwareWorkstation6.0SupportPack5 NovellOpenEnterpriseServerservicessupportedonNetWare6.5SupportPack3runningunder Workstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0SupportPack1 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1SupportPack1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3SupportPack3 NovellOpenEnterpriseServerandNovellOpenEnterpriseServerSupportPack1servicessupportedon NetWare6.5SupportPack3runningunderVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0.1,2.1,2.1.1,2.1.2,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 SupportPack2supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0 SupportPack3supportedonESXServer3.0 SupportPack4(a)supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch1),2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 SupportPack5supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch1),2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 SupportPack6supportedonESXServer2.5.3(requiresUpgradePatch8),ESX2.5.4(requiresUpgrade Patch5),ESX3.0(requiresUpgradePatch6530518),ESX3.0.1(requiresUpgradePatch1271657) NovellOESServicePack1supportedon2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 NovellOESServicePack2supportedon2.5.4 NosupportforVirtualSMP

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallNetWare6.5inavirtualmachineusingthestandardNovellNetWare6.5OperatingSystemand ProductCDROMs. Keepthefollowingissuesinmind:

VMwarerecommendsyouinstallNetWare6.5onacomputerwithatleast512MBofmemory. GuestswithoutSupportPack1:BesuretoreadtheNovelltechnicalinformationdocumentat support.novell.com/cgibin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2967370.htm.Thisdocumentdescribesthesteps necessarytodownloadandinstallaNetWarepatchthatyoumustusewhenyouinstallaNetWare6.5 ServerguestoperatingsystemwithoutSP1. WhenyouconfigureavirtualmachineforaNetWare6.5guest,usethevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter. NetWare6.5doesnotincludeadriverforthevirtualBusLogicSCSIadapter.
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ToinstallNetWare6.5inavirtualmachine,takethefollowingsteps. 1 2 3 InserttheNovellNetWare6.5ProductCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingNetWare6.5. Readandacceptthelicenseagreement. NOTEAfewpromptsappearbeforeyoureachthelicenseagreement.Acceptthedefaultsforinstalling NetWare,theCDROMdrivetype,howtorestorethefloppydriveandtherunmode,andthencontinue. 4 5 6 Whenprompted,chooseIDECDROM. Createanewbootpartition.Theguestoperatingsystemreboots.Theinstallationcontinues. VMwareESXServer:JumptoStep 7. VMwareWorkstation,VMwareACEandVMwareGSXServer:ToconfigureIPnetworking,dooneof thefollowing:
Ifyouchosebridgednetworkingforthevirtualmachine,enteritsIPaddress. WhenNetWaretriestoloadtheLANdriver(usingpcntnw.lan),itfailsbecauseitbroadcastsforits ownIPaddress.ThiscausesIPnetworkingtofail. Toworkaroundthis,opentheSystemConsole(pressCtrl+Esc)andtype set allow ip address duplicates=on PressAlt+Esctoreturntotheinstallation.
Ifyouchosehostonlynetworkingforthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachinesIPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet1andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,thevirtualmachinesIPaddressis192.168.160.###, where###isanynumbergreaterthan1andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,enterthehostsIPaddress(192.168.160.1inourexample).
Ifyouchosenetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)forthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachines IPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet8andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,thevirtualmachinesIPaddressis192.168.160.###, where###isanynumbergreaterthan2andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,entertheNATservicesIPaddress(192.168.160.2inourexample). NotethatwithNetworkAddressTranslation,thereare2IPaddressesinuseonthehost:
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*TheIPaddressassignedtotheinterfaceforVMnet8(whichshowsupintheipconfigoutputwitha .1inthelastoctet). *TheIPaddressusedbytheNATdeviceitself(whichalwaysuses.2asthelastoctet). 7 Finishtheinstallationbyfollowingtheonscreeninstructions.
Afteryoufinishtheinstallation,installVMwareTools,whichinstallsandloadstheCPUidlerprogram.
VMware Tools for NetWare 6.5 Guest Operating Systems

BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InstallingVMwareToolsalsoinstallsandloadstheCPUidlerprogram.NetWareserversdonotidletheCPU whentheoperatingsystemisidle.Asaresult,avirtualmachinetakesCPUtimefromthehostregardlessof whethertheNetWareserversoftwareisidleorbusy.Topreventunnecessaryslowdowns,VMware recommendsthat,afteryouinstallVMwareTools,youkeeptheNetWareCPUidleprogramloaded.
Known Issues
Regaining Keyboard and Mouse Control After Reboot
Wheneveryoureboottheguestoperatingsystem,itcantakeuptosixminutesbeforeyoucanregaincontrol ofthekeyboardormouse.
Navigating in Text Mode

Ifyouareusingtextmodeandwanttobrowsethefilesystem,youmightnoticethatthearrowkeypadand Insertkeydonotallowyoutonavigatedirectories.Toworkaroundthisissue,usethenumerickeypad,but firstturnoffthenumberlockbypressingtheNumLockkey.
Netware 6.5 Server SP3 and SP5 Installations Hang after Selection of Ethernet Driver on a Guest with Non-Passthrough Raw Device Mapping
WhenyouinstallNetwareServer6.5SP3orSP5onaguestwithnonpassthroughRawDeviceMapping (RDM),theinstallationmighthangafteryouselectanEthernetdriver.VMwarerecommendsthatyouuse passthroughRDMwithNetwareServer6.5SP3andSP5.
Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation
IfyouinstallNovellNetwareServerinaRawDeviceMapping(RDM)virtualmachine,andyouusethesame logicalunitnumber(LUN)previouslyusedtoinstallWindowsNTinanRDMvirtualmachineonthesame host,theinstallationwilltakeplaceonanexistingFAT16partitionthatwascreatedbythepriorWindowNT installation.Theinstallationwillproceedcorrectlyuntilthefinalreboot,whenitwillloadtheWindowsNT masterbootrecord(MBR),butwillcrashtobluescreenduetoaninaccessibledeviceerror.Eventhough Netwareisinstalled,youwillnotbeabletoaccesstheNetwareoperatingsystem. Toworkaroundthisproblem,formattheLUNbeforeyoubegininstallingtheNetwarevirtualmachine.This ensuresthattheoldFAT16partitionisformattedandthatNetwarewillrebootcorrectly.
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NetWare 6.0 Server

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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallNetWare6.0inavirtualmachineusingthestandardNovellNetWare6.0CDROM. Keepthefollowingissuesinmind:

VMwarerecommendsyouinstallNetWare6onacomputerwithatleast256MBofmemory. IntheNetWareinstallationprocess,youmustbootfromtheinstallationCDtwiceoncetoformatthe virtualmachinesdiskdrive,andthenasecondtimetoinstallfilesfromtheCD. Onthereboot,youseeamessagethatsaysOperatingSystemnotfoundandadialogboxwitha messagethatsaysNobootableCD,floppyorharddiskwasdetected. InordertobootfromtheCDthesecondtime,youmustchangethebootorder. Asthevirtualmachineboots,clickinsidethevirtualmachinewindow.WhentheVMwarelogoappears, pressEsc.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheCDdriveasthebootdevice,andthenpressEnter.
WhenyouconfigureavirtualmachineforaNetWare6.0guest,usethevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter. NetWare6.0doesnotincludeadriverforthevirtualBusLogicSCSIadapter.
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ToinstallNetWare6inavirtualmachine,takethefollowingsteps. 1 2 3 4
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Createanewbootpartition.Theguestoperatingsystemreboots. ToconfigureIPnetworking,dooneofthefollowing:
Ifyouchosehostonlynetworkingforthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachinesIPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet1andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,thevirtualmachinesIPaddressis192.168.160.###, where###isanynumbergreaterthan1andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,enterthehostsIPaddress(192.168.160.1inthisexample).
Ifyouchosenetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)forthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachines IPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet8andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,thevirtualmachinesIPaddressis192.168.160.###, where###isanynumbergreaterthan2andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,entertheNATservicesIPaddress(192.168.160.2inthisexample). NotethatwithNetworkAddressTranslation,therearetwoIPaddressesinuseonthehost: TheIPaddressassignedtotheinterfaceforVMnet8appearsintheipconfigoutputwitha1inthelast octet. TheIPaddressusedbytheNATdeviceitselfalwaysuses2asthelastoctet.
Finishtheinstallation.

BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMware productorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InstallingVMwareToolsalsoinstallsandloadstheCPUidlerprogram.NetWareserversdonotidletheCPU whentheoperatingsystemisidle.Asaresult,avirtualmachinetakesCPUtimefromthehostregardlessof
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whethertheNetWareserversoftwareisidleorbusy.Topreventunnecessaryslowdowns,VMware recommendsthat,afteryouinstallVMwareTools,youkeeptheNetWareCPUidleprogramloaded.
Known Issues
Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File
AfterthevirtualmachinerebootswhileinstallingVMwareTools,makesurethevirtualmachinereleasesthe VMwareToolsISOimage.ChooseEdit>RemovableDevices>CDROM,andiftheCDROMsconfiguration showstheVMwareToolsISOimage,changeitbacktoUsephysicaldrive.
Installation Failure on First Try

Duringtheinstallationoftheguestoperatingsystem,ifyougetanABENDerrorintheJVM.NLMmodule,try installingtheoperatingsystemagain.Thisisathirdpartyproblemthatoccursrarely,butwhenitdoes,it occursduringinstallationonly.Onceyoucompletetheinstallation,youshouldnotseethiserroragain.
Grabbing the Mouse Pointer

Ifthevirtualmachineisunabletograborungrabthemouse,itmightbeduetoaJavaclassnotbeing referencedinthevirtualmachine.IntheNetWare6.0guestoperatingsystem,checkthexinitrcfile,whichis locatedinsys:\java\nwgfx\.Takethefollowingsteps. 1 2 3 4 5 Inthevirtualmachine,switchtothesystemconsole,andthentype: load edit PresstheInsertkeytobrowsetothesys:\java\nwgfx\xinitrcfile. Inthefile,lookforthisline: java -classpath $JAVA_HOME\classes\VMWtool.jar;$CLASSPATH VMWTool -iw Ifthelinedoesnotexist,addittothefile.PresstheEsckey.Savethefile. Restarttheguestoperatingsystem.Inthesystemconsole,type restart server Thevirtualmachineshouldbeabletograbandungrabthemousenow.
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Netware 6.0 Server SP5 Crashes When Stack Dump Exceeds the Valid Memory Limit
ESXServer3.x:VirtualmachinesrunningNetware6.0ServerSP5crashwhenastackdumpexceedsthevalid memorylimit.Thisproblemmightbeaccompaniedbyeitheroftheerrormessages: Problem executing SYMCJIT.NLMor cdbe gremlin process crashed due to invalid opcode ThisproblemhasbeenobservedmorefrequentlyonguestswithnonpassthroughRawDeviceMapping (RDM).Toworkaroundthisproblem,reinstallNetware6.0ServerSP5.
IfyouinstallNovellNetwareServerinaRawDeviceMapping(RDM)virtualmachine,andyouusethesame logicalunitnumber(LUN)previouslyusedtoinstallWindowsNTinanRDMvirtualmachineonthesame host,theinstallationwilltakeplaceonanexistingFAT16partitionthatwascreatedbythepriorWindowNT installation.Theinstallationwillproceedcorrectlyuntilthefinalreboot,whenitwillloadtheWindowsNT masterbootrecord(MBR),butwillcrashtobluescreenduetoaninaccessibledeviceerror.Eventhough Netwareisinstalled,youwillnotbeabletoaccesstheNetwareoperatingsystem.
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Toworkaroundthisproblem,formattheLUNbeforeyoubegininstallingtheNetwarevirtualmachine.This ensuresthattheoldFAT16partitionisformattedandthatNetwarewillrebootcorrectly.
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NetWare 5.1 Server

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VMwareWorkstation4.0,4.0.1,4.0.2,4.0.5,4.5,4.5.1,4.5.2,4.5.3SupportPack6 VMwareWorkstation5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0SupportPack8 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0SupportPack3 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1SupportPack6 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3SupportPack8 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareESXServer2.0.1,2.1,2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 SupportPack7supportedonESXServer2.5,2.5.1,2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 SupportPack8supportedonESXServer3.0,3.0.1 NovellOESServicePack1supportedon2.5.2,2.5.3,2.5.4 NovellOESServicePack2supportedon2.5.4 NosupportforVirtualSMP

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallNetWare5.1inavirtualmachineusingthestandardNovellNetWare5.1CDROM. Keepthefollowingissuesinmind:

VMwarerecommendsyouinstallNetWare5.1onacomputerwithatleast256MBofmemory. ForSCSIsupport,besuretodownloadthelatestLSILogicdriverasdescribedinUpdatedLSILogicSCSI Driveronpage 226. WhenyouconfigureavirtualmachineforaNetWare5.1guest,usethevirtualLSILogicSCSIadapter. NetWare5.1SupportPack6doesnotincludeadriverforthevirtualBusLogicSCSIadapter.
IntheNetWareinstallationprocess,youmustbootfromtheinstallationCDtwiceoncetoformatthe virtualmachinesdiskdrive,andasecondtimetoinstallfilesfromtheCD. Onthereboot,youseeamessagethatsaysOperatingSystemnotfoundandadialogboxwitha messagethatsaysNobootableCD,floppyorharddiskwasdetected. InordertobootfromtheCDthesecondtime,youmustchangethebootorder. Asthevirtualmachineboots,clickinsidethevirtualmachinewindow.WhentheVMwarelogoappears, pressEsc.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheCDdriveasthebootdevice,andthenpressEnter.
Installation Steps
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Createanewbootpartition.Theguestoperatingsystemreboots.Theinstallationcontinues. VMwareESXServer:SkiptoStep 6. VMwareWorkstation,VMwareACEandVMwareGSXServer:ToconfigureIPnetworking,dooneof thefollowing:
Ifyouchosehostonlynetworkingforthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachinesIPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet1andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,andthenthevirtualmachinesIPaddressis 192.168.160.###,where###isanynumbergreaterthan1andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,enterthehostsIPaddress(192.168.160.1inthisexample).
Ifyouchosenetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)forthevirtualmachine,lookupthehostmachines IPaddress. AtacommandpromptonaWindowshost,type ipconfig /all AtacommandpromptonaLinuxhost,type ifconfig NotethehostsIPaddressforVMnet8andchangethelastoctetsoitisgreaterthanthelastoctetin theIPaddressofthehost. Forexample,ifthehostIPaddressis192.168.160.1,thevirtualmachinesIPaddressis192.168.160.###, where###isanynumbergreaterthan2andlessthan128. Forthesubnetmask,enter255.255.255.0. Fortheroutergateway,entertheNATservicesIPaddress(192.168.160.2inthisexample). NotethatwithNetworkAddressTranslation,therearetwoIPaddressesinuseonthehost: TheIPaddressassignedtotheinterfaceforVMnet8showsupintheipconfigoutputwitha1inthe lastoctet. TheIPaddressusedbytheNATdeviceitselfalwaysuses2asthelastoctet.
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InstallingVMwareToolsalsoinstallsandloadstheCPUidlerprogram.NetWareserversdonotidletheCPU whentheoperatingsystemisidle.Asaresult,avirtualmachinetakesCPUtimefromthehostregardlessof whethertheNetWareserversoftwareisidleorbusy.Topreventunnecessaryslowdowns,VMware recommendsthat,afteryouinstallVMwareTools,youkeeptheNetWareCPUidleprogramloaded.
Known Issues
Updated LSI Logic SCSI Driver
IfyouarerunningNetWare5.1SupportPack6,youshouldinstallthelatestLSILogicSCSIdriver.For informationonobtainingandinstallingthedriver,see www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1181.
Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File

AfterthevirtualmachinerebootswhileinstallingVMwareTools,makesurethevirtualmachinereleasesthe VMwareToolsISOimage.ChooseEdit>RemovableDevices>CDROM,andiftheCDROMsconfiguration showstheVMwareToolsISOimage,changeitbacktoUsephysicaldrive.
Pentium 4 Host Page Fault

DuringtheinstallationoftheguestoperatingsystemonanIntelPentium4host,youmightencounteraPage Faulterror.Ifthiserroroccurs,youmustapplyaNetWare5.1patchonthehostmachine.Fordetails,see support.novell.com/cgibin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2958220.htm.
Cannot Mount a CD-ROM as a Volume

IfyouarenotrunningNetWare5.1withSupportPack6,youcannotmounttheCDROMasavolume.To mountaCDROMwiththesupportpackinstalled,dooneofthefollowing:

SettheprimaryharddrivetoIDE0:0andtheCDROMdrivetoIDE0:1. Copytheoriginaldriverfiles(IDEATA.DDIandIDEATA.HAM)fromtheDrivers\Storagedirectoryofthe installationCDROMthatshippedwithNetWare5.1tothec:\nwserverdirectory.
NOTEIfyoucannotmountCDROMs,youcannotinstallVMwareToolsinthevirtualmachine. Formoreinformation,seesupport.novell.com/cgibin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10058758.htm.
Using More than One Virtual Network Adapter on the Same Network
Ifyouusemorethanonevirtualnetworkadapterconnectedtothesamenetwork,errormessagesappearin theSystemConsole. Examplesoferrormessagesyoumightseeinclude:
Router configuration error detected Router at node 000C29D02242 claims network 511F827 should be 2010F5EA Router configuration error detected Router at node 000C29D0224C claims network 2010F5EA should be 511F827
Ifthisoccurs,thencompletelydisconnectthevirtualmachinefromthenetwork,andaskyournetwork administratorforthecorrectnetworknumber.
Grabbing the Mouse Pointer

Ifthevirtualmachineisunabletograborungrabthemouse,itmightbeduetoaJavaclassnotbeing referencedinthevirtualmachine.IntheNetWare5.1guestoperatingsystem,checkthexinitrcfile,whichis locatedinsys:\java\nwgfx\.Takethefollowingsteps. 1 2 Inthevirtualmachine,switchtothesystemconsole,andthentype: load edit PresstheInsertkeytobrowsetothesys:\java\nwgfx\xinitrcfile.
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Inthefile,lookforthisline: java -classpath $JAVA_HOME\classes\VMWtool.jar;$CLASSPATH VMWTool -iw Ifthelinedoesnotexist,addittothefile.PresstheEsckey.Savethefile. Restarttheguestoperatingsystem.Inthesystemconsole,type restart server Thevirtualmachineshouldbeabletograbandungrabthemousenow.
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VMwareWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.0,3.1,3.2,3.2.1SupportPack9 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. YoucaninstallNetWare4.2inavirtualmachineusingthestandardNovellNetWare4.2installationCD. VMwarerecommendsyouinstallNetWare4.2onahostwithatleast256MBofmemory.
Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine

1 IfyoucreatedthisvirtualmachineonaLinuxhost,opentheconfigurationfile(<netware>.cfg)inatext editorandaddthefollowingline: gui.iconLEDS = false ThisremovesalltheLEDiconsintheconsolewindow,whichpreventsthevirtualmachinedisplayfrom appearingincorrectlywhenyoupoweritonwhilethehostisin8bit/256colormode. 2 InstalltheguestoperatingsystemandVMwareTools,whichincludestheCPUidlerprogram.Seebelow fordetails.

ToinstallNetWare4.2inavirtualmachine,completethefollowingsteps. 1 VMwarerecommendsthatyouinstallMSDOS5.0orhigherinasmall(50MBFAT16)partitionas describedintheseguidelines.TherestofthefreespaceonthevirtualdiskisusedfortheNetWare partition.EvenifthevirtualmachineistorunNetWaremostofthetime,itisagoodideatoinstallaCPU idlerprogram. InstallaCDROMdriverorCDROMsoftwareforDOS.IfyouhaveproblemssettinguptheDOSvirtual machinetoaccesstheCDROMdrive,youcanusethemtmcdai.sysdriver,whichcanbefoundat www.mitsumi.com.UnderDriversandManualslookforide158.exe.Modifytheconfig.sysandautoexec.bat filesonyourDOSbootfloppy(alongwiththemscdex.exefile)asshownbelow.IfyouareusingaDOSboot partition,adjustthedrivelettersaccordingly.
config.sys device=himem.sys /testmem:off device=NEC_IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 files=12 buffers=15 stacks=9,256 lastdrive=z autoexec.bat @ECHO OFF set EXPAND=YES
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SET DIRCMD=/O:N cls set temp=c:\ set tmp=c:\ path=c:\ IF "%config%"=="NOCD" GOTO QUIT a:\NWCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 :QUIT
AfteryouhaveconfiguredtheCDROMsoftware,verifythatthevirtualmachinecanreadaCDfromthe hostsystemsCDROMdrive. 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ifthevirtualmachineisnotrunning,poweritonandwaitforDOStofinishitsbootprocess. InserttheNetWare4.2CDintheCDROMdriveontheGSXServerhost. Inthevirtualmachine,attheDOSprompt,runfdisktocreateapartitionforNetWare. A:\>fdisk Afteryoucreatethepartition,rebootthevirtualmachine.PressCtrl+Alt+Insert. FormattheC:drive.Typethefollowing: format c: /s /x CopythefollowingfilestoyourC:drivefromyourfloppy.Typethefollowing: Copy autoexec.bat c: Copy config.sys c: Copy himem.sys c: Copy nwcdex.exe c: Copy nec_ide.sys c: Modifytheautoexec.batfilesoitpointstotheCDROMdirectoryontheharddriveinsteadofthefloppy drive. a b Tomodifyautoexec.bat,typethefollowingattheC:prompt: a:edit autoexec.bat Theline a:\NWCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 Mustbechangedto c:\NWCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 Savethechangesyoujustmade. cd d:
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BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem.InNetWare4.2virtualmachines,VMware ToolsprovidesCPUidling,sendsaheartbeatfromtheguestoperatingsystemtothehostandgivesthevirtual machinetheabilitytobegracefullypoweredonoroff.Fordetails,seethemanualforyourVMwareproduct orfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340. InstallingVMwareToolsalsoinstallsandloadstheCPUidlerprogram.NetWareserversdonotidletheCPU whentheoperatingsystemisidle.Asaresult,avirtualmachinetakesCPUtimefromthehostregardlessof whethertheNetWareserversoftwareisidleorbusy.Topreventunnecessaryslowdowns,VMware recommendsthat,afteryouinstallVMwareTools,youkeeptheNetWareCPUidleprogramloaded.
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Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSolaris10Operating Systemforx86platformsoperatingsystem.
Support
32-Bit Version
VMwareWorkstation4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Solaris101/06(Update1)onWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Solaris106/06(Update2)onWorkstation5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 ExperimentalsupportforSolaris1011/06(Update3)onWorkstation6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareESXServer2.5.3,2.5.4,3.0,3.0.1 Solaris101/06(Update1)supportedonESXServer3.0,3.0.1 Solaris106/06(Update2)supportedonESXServer3.0.1 Solaris1011/06(Update3)supportedonESXServer3.0,3.0.1 VirtualSMPsupportedforanysupportedSolarisguestonESXServer3.0,3.0.1
VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforSolaris101/06(Update1)onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 ExperimentalsupportforSolaris106/06(Update2)onVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 VMwareGSXServer3.1,3.2,3.2.1
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BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. VMwareproductssupportonlytheversionforx86platforms.YoucannotinstalltheversionforSPARC platformsinaVMwarevirtualmachine. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingtheSolaris10OperatingSysteminavirtualmachineistousethestandard Solaris10forx86installationmedia.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingtheCDsetorDVD.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youcanalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine.
Memory Requirements for Solaris 10

VMwareServerorESXServer:Solaris10requiresmorememoryforsuccessfulinstallationthanprevious Solarisversions.Forx86basedsystems:
StartingwiththeSolaris101/06release,Sunrecommends512MBofmemory.256MBistheminimum requirement. FortheSolaris103/05release,Sunrecommends256MBofmemory.128MBistheminimumrequirement.
BeforeupgradingavirtualmachinesguestoperatingsystemtotheSolaris101/06releaseorlater,increasethe virtualmachinesRAMtoatleast256MB.SeeyourVMwareproductdocumentationforinstructions.Formore informationseetheSystemRequirementsandRecommendationsforSolaris10Installation,ontheSunWeb siteat: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/8170544/6mgbagb0v?a=view
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSolaris10OperatingSystemforx86PlatformsDVDortheSolaris10Software1CDintheDVD orCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSolaris10. Followtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheSolaris10guestoperatingsystem. NOTETheVMwareToolspackageforSolarisguestoperatingsystemsexistsonlyforESXServer3,and supportsonlySolaris101/06(Update1)andSolaris106/06(Update2).SupportforVMwareToolsinSolaris 10priortoSolaris101/06isexperimental.
VMware Tools (ESX Server 3.x Only)

BesuretoinstallVMwareToolsinyourguestoperatingsystem,andrebootthevirtualmachineafterinstalling VMwareTools.SeethesectionESXServer3.xSupportsOnlythevmxnetNetworkAdapterDriverforSolaris 10Guests,intheKnownIssuessection.FordetailsoninstallingVMwareTools,seeyourESXServerUsers Manualorfollowtheappropriatelinkintheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
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Known Issues
ESX Server 3.x Supports Only the vmxnet Network Adapter Driver for Solaris 10 Guests
WhenyoucreateaSolaris10virtualmachine,thevirtualmachineisconfiguredbydefaultwiththevlance networkadapter,usingtheSunpcndriver.ToensurethataSolaris10virtualmachineusesthesupportedvmx networkadapterdriver: 1 AfterinstallingtheSolaris10operatingsysteminthevirtualmachine,installVMwareTools.Duringthe VMwareToolsinstallation,besuretofollowanyadditionalinstructionsforconfiguringyournetwork interfaces. Rebootthevirtualmachine.Thisisrequiredtoswitchthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterfromthe defaultvlancetothesupportedvmxnetnetworkadapter.
Using Solaris 10 in 32-Bit Mode on a 64-Bit Host

Ona64bithost,whenyouinstallorrunSolaris10asaguestoperatingsystem,Solaris10automatically attemptstoinstallorbootupin64bitmode.ToforceSolaris10tobootupin32bitmodeona64bithost,see theknowledgebasearticleatwww.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2074.Toforce Solaris10toinstallasa32bitguestona64bithost,seetheknowledgebasearticleat www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1975.
Display Too Small After Installation

Afterinstallation,theSolaris10guestoperatingsystemstartswithadisplayresolutionof640x480.Whenyou installVMwareTools,thedisplaywillautomaticallybeadjustedtoanappropriateresolution. VMwareToolsiscurrentlysupportedonlyforESXServer3.x.IfyouareusinganotherVMwareproductthat doesnotsupportVMwareToolsforSolaris,youcanswitchtotheXsunXservertogeta1024x768display(256 colors).Tomakethischange,takethefollowingsteps: 1 Loginasrootandrunthekeyboard,display,andmouseconfigurationprogramfromacommandprompt.
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UsethearrowkeysandspacebartoselectXsun,andthenpressF2tocontinue. Theconfigurationprogramdetectsthevirtualmachinesconfigurationandshoulddisplayresultssimilar tothefollowinglist:

Video Device: VMWare Inc vmware0405 Video Driver: XF86-VMWARE Resolution/colors: 1024X768 256 colors @70 hz Monitor type: Multifrequency 56 khz
PressF3toaccepttheconfiguration. 4 Exitthecurrentloginsession.ThenexttimeCDEortheJavaDesktopSystemstarts,Xsunrunswitha resolutionof1024x768.

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Performance Problems in ESX Server 3.x Virtual Machines with Four Virtual Processors on Hosts with Hyperthreading
ESXServer3.x:OnESXServer3.xhostswithCPUhyperthreading,Solaris101/06(Update1)virtualmachines withfourvirtualprocessorsexperiencesignificantdegradationinperformance,inboththetimeittakesfor installationandthetimeittakestowritetodisk.TominimizetheimpactonperformanceforSolaris101/06 (Update1)virtualmachineswithfourvirtualprocessors,VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseahostmachine withfourphysicalprocessors,ratherthanahostwithtwohyperthreadedprocessors.
Solaris 10 Guests Might Become Unresponsive When Halted

ESXServer3.x:WhenyouhaltaSolaris10virtualmachine,itmightbecomeunresponsive.Thisoccurs because,whilehalting,theguestisunabletoenterVGAscreenmodeandremainsinSVGAscreenmode.If thevirtualmachineremainsunresponsive,youcanworkaroundthisproblembypoweringoffthevirtual machineandpoweringitbackonagain.
Solaris 10 1/06 (Update 1) and Solaris 10 6/06 (Update 2) Guests with Virtual SMP Might Hang When Powering On
VirtualmachinesrunningSolaris101/06(Update1)orSolaris106/06(Update2),withVirtualSMPandeither twoorfourvirtualprocessorsmightoccasionallyhangwhenpoweringon.Ifthishappens,rebootthevirtual machine.Thisshouldfixtheproblemwithnodataloss.
Solaris 10 Guest Cannot Eject ISO Image Mounted as CD-ROM

InCDEandJavaDesktopEnvironments,whenanISOimageismountedasaCDROMdevice,thefilemanager (inCDE)andNautilus(inJavaDesktop)programsletyouviewthecontentsoftheCDROM.Ejectingthe deviceusinganyoftheseprogramsfails.InCDE,theFileManagerprogrammenuhasanEjectoption. ClickingthatoptiondoesnotejecttheCDROM.InJavaDesktop,rightclickingtheCDROMicon(onthe desktop)andthenclickingEjectdoesnotejecttheCDROM.
64-Bit Solaris 10 1/06 (Update 1) and Solaris 10 6/06 (Update 2) Fail with Triple Fault on Intel Pentium M-Based Systems Merom, Woodcrest, and Conroe
ThisproblemoccursnotonlyinvirtualmachinesbutalsowhenyouattempttorunSolaris101/06(Update1) andSolaris106/06(Update2)directlyonIntelPentiumMBasedMerom,Woodcrest,andConroesystems.It isexpectedthatSunwillcorrectthisprobleminafutureupdateofSolaris10.Inthemeantime,Sunhas providedapatch,KernelUpdate11885519,tocorrectthisproblem.DependingonyourSolarisinstallation, thispatchmayrequireanyorallofthefollowingdependentpatches:12126401,11884430,11834413, 11743502,11925527.InformationondownloadingandinstallingSolarispatchesisinthearticleAddinga SolarisPatch,available(atthetimethisdocumentwaspublished)fromtheSunWebsiteat: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/8164552/6maoo30pu?a=view. NOTEToapplyKernelUpdate11885519,youmustbootthevirtualmachinein32bitmode.Forinstructions onforcingaSolaris10virtualmachineona64bithostmachinetobootin32bitmode,seetheVMware KnowledgeBase: www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2074
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Solaris 9 Operating System x86 Platform Edition

Thissectioncontainsproductsupport,installationinstructions,andknownissuesfortheSolaris9Operating Systemx86PlatformEditionoperatingsystem.
Support
VMwareWorkstation4.5.2,4.5.3,5.0,5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonWorkstation5.5,5.5.1,5.5.2,5.5.3,5.5.4,6.0 VMwareACE1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3,2.0 VMwareGSXServer3.1,3.2,3.2.1 VMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3 Experimentalsupportfor2wayVirtualSMPonVMwareServer1.0,1.0.1,1.0.2,1.0.3

BesuretoreadGeneralGuidelinesforAllVMwareProductsonpage 26aswellasthisguidetoinstalling yourspecificguestoperatingsystem. VMwareproductssupportonlythex86PlatformEdition.YoucannotinstalltheSPARCPlatformEditionina VMwarevirtualmachine. TheeasiestmethodofinstallingtheSolaris9OperatingSysteminavirtualmachineistousethestandard Solarisx86PlatformEditionInstallationCD.ThenotesbelowdescribeaninstallationusingtheCD.Ifyour VMwareproductsupportsit,youmightalsoinstallfromaPXEserver. Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhavealreadycreatedandconfiguredanewvirtual machine. NOTEIfyouwanttouseaSCSIharddiskinyourvirtualmachine,configurethevirtualmachinetousethe LSILogicadapteranduseSolaris99/04oralaterrelease.AnLSILogicdriverisincludedinreleasesbeginning withSolaris99/04.IfyouuseanearlierreleaseofSolaris9andconfigurethevirtualmachinetouseaSCSI harddisk,youmustgettheLSILogicdriverandinstallitasaninstalltimeupdate.Tolocatethedriver,goto theLSILogicdownloadpageatwww.lsilogic.com/support/download_center/andchooseLSI53C1030from theSelectaSpecificProductdropdownlist.
Installation Steps
1 2 3 InserttheSolarisx86PlatformEditionInstallationCDintheCDROMdrive. PoweronthevirtualmachinetostartinstallingSolaris9. Inmostrespects,youshouldfollowtheinstallationstepsasyouwouldforaphysicalmachine.The followingstepsoutlinethespecialchoicesyoushouldmakeforinstallationinavirtualmachine.In particular,notethatitismoreconvenienttodelayconfigurationoftheKDMXserveruntilneartheend oftheinstallation. WhenyoureachthescreentitledBootSolaris,pressF4togototheBootTasksscreen. AttheBootTasksscreen,usethearrowkeystonavigatetoView/EditPropertySettings,pressEnterto selectit,andthenpressF2. AttheView/EditPropertySettingsscreen,usethearrowkeystonavigatetoatadmaenabled,pressEnter toselectit,andthenpressF3tochangethevalue. AttheSpecifyValueprompt,type1andpressEntertoenableDMA.
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WhenyoureturntotheView/EditPropertySettingsscreen,pressF2.ThenontheBootTasksscreen,press F3. ChooseCDifyouareinstallingfromtheCDROMsetandcontinuewiththenormalinstallationsteps. WhenthekdmconfigIntroductionscreenappears,pressF4toskipconfigurationoftheXserverfornow. NOTEItisimportanttoskipconfigurationoftheXserverbothatthispointandatthepointmentioned inthenextstep.Waituntilthethirdopportunityafterallthesoftwareisinstalledbeforeconfiguring theXserver.
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AfterthefirstrebootandbeforeinstallingtheSolarissoftware,theinstalleragaindisplaysthekdmconfig Introductionscreen.Again,pressF4toskipconfigurationoftheXserverfornow. Afterinstallingallthesoftwareandrebooting,theinstalleragaindisplaysthekdmconfigIntroduction screen.Thistime,pressF2tocontinuewiththeconfigurationsteps. PressF2toconfigurethevideodeviceandmonitor. PressEntertoselect16colorStandardVGA640x480(256K),andthenpressF2tocontinue.
15 UsethearrowkeystomovetoMultifrequency100KHz(upto1600x1200@80Hz),pressEntertoselect it,andthenpressF2tocontinue. 16 Keepthedefaultscreensizeof17inchesandpressF2tocontinue. 17 KeepthedefaultofNochangesneededTest/SaveandExit.PressF2tocontinue. 18 19 PressF4tobypassthetests. Continuewiththenormalinstallationsteps.
ThiscompletesbasicinstallationoftheSolaris9guestoperatingsystem.
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Numerics
64-bit support FreeBSD 5.3 203 FreeBSD 5.4 201 FreeBSD 6.0 199 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 56 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 59 Mandriva Linux 2006 65 Mandriva Linux 2007 62 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 101 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta 94 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 91 Solaris 10 231 SUSE LINUX 10 153 SUSE LINUX 10.1 150 SUSE LINUX 9.1 162 SUSE LINUX 9.2 159 SUSE LINUX 9.3 156 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 142 system requirements 26 Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 196 Ubuntu Linux 5.10 193 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 191 Ubuntu Linux 6.10 189 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 187 Windows Server 2003 33 Windows Vista 29 Windows XP 37
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activation and memory settings 35, 38 and VMware Tools 35, 39 Windows Server 2003 35 Windows XP 38 address, IP via DHCP in Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 117 autopartitioning in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest 112
display resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 69 display resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 57 display resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 60 display resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 66 display resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 63 display resolution in a Sun Java Desktop guest 137 network adapter for Windows Vista guest 31 checked build, Windows Vista 32 clock Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 57 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 60 Mandriva Linux 10 72 Mandriva Linux 10.1 69 Mandriva Linux 2006 66 Mandriva Linux 2007 63 Novell Linux Desktop 9 90 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 96 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 93 SUSE Linux 9.1 164 SUSE Linux 9.2 160 SUSE Linux 9.3 157 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 141 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 144 cloned virtual machines, using networking 92, 154 COM ports devices in guest 53 in Windows 95 guest 53 in Windows 98 guest 50 copied virtual machines, using networking 92, 154 CPU idle program 54
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debug build, Windows Vista 32 DHCP and Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 117 error in guest operating system 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72 disk geometry in FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 guest 215 disks using multiple in a Windows NT guest 45 display changing resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10 guest 72 changing resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10.1
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guest 69 changing resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 57 changing resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 60 changing resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 66 changing resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 63 changing resolution in a Sun Java Desktop guest 137 settings for Windows Server 2003 35 small for Solaris 10 233 DMA enabling for Windows NT guest 44 enabling in Windows 95 guest 52 DOS known issues 54 prompt during Windows 95 installation 52 screen saver 55 use of CPU idle program recommended 54 VMware Tools not available 54 driver tainted message in Red Hat Linux 3.0 104 tainted message in Red Hat Linux 8.0 121 tainted message in Red Hat Linux 9.0 117 network adapter for Solaris 10 233 network adapter for Solaris 9 235 SCSI for Windows Server 2003 guest 34 SCSI for Windows XP guest 37
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floppy disk and Windows 98 installation 49 format virtual disk 26 FreeBSD 64-bit support 199, 201, 203 disk geometry for SCSI virtual disk 215 installing guest operating system 198, 199, 201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 214 sound not tested 198, 199, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 216 FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 avoid migrating to different processor type 216 installing guest operating system 214 known issues 215 screen saver 216 FreeBSD 4.10 installing guest operating system 209 known issues 209 screen saver 209 FreeBSD 4.11 installing guest operating system 208 known issues 208 screen saver 208
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FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 avoid migrating to different processor type 213 installing guest operating system 212 known issues 213 screen saver 213 FreeBSD 4.9 installing guest operating system 210 known issues 210 screen saver 211 FreeBSD 5.0 installing guest operating system 207 known issues 207 screen saver 207 FreeBSD 5.1 installing guest operating system 206 known issues 206 screen saver 206 FreeBSD 5.2 installing guest operating system 205 known issues 205 screen saver 205 FreeBSD 5.3 64-bit support 203 installing guest operating system 203 known issues 204 screen saver 204 FreeBSD 5.4 64-bit support 201 installing guest operating system 201 known issues 202 screen saver 202 FreeBSD 6.0 64-bit support 199 installing guest operating system 199 known issues 199 screen saver 200 FreeBSD 6.1 installing guest operating system 198 known issues 198 screen saver 198
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graphics settings for Windows Server 2003 35 GSX Server sound adapter 28
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hang installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 130 installing Red Hat Linux 7.2 127 Netware 6.5 Server with SP3 and SP5 219 Solaris 10 with Virtual SMP 234 hibernation and Windows Server 2003 guest 36 hibernation and Windows XP guest 39
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Hyperthreading performance problems with ESX Server 3 virtual machines that have four virtual processors 234
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installing FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 guest 214 FreeBSD 4.10 guest 209 FreeBSD 4.11 guest 208 FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 guest 212 FreeBSD 4.9 guest 210 FreeBSD 5.0 guest 207 FreeBSD 5.1 guest 206 FreeBSD 5.2 guest 205 FreeBSD 5.3 guest 203 FreeBSD 5.4 guest 201 FreeBSD 6.0 guest 199 FreeBSD 6.1 guest 198 Mandrake Linux 10 guest 71 Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 68 Mandrake Linux 8.0 and 8.1 guest 86 Mandrake Linux 8.2 guest 83 Mandrake Linux 9.0 guest 80 Mandrake Linux 9.1guest 77 Mandrake Linux 9.2 guest 74 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 56 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 59 Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 65 Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 62 NetWare 4.2 Server guest 228 NetWare 5.1 Server guest 224 NetWare 6.0 Server guest 220 NetWare 6.5 Server guest 217 Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest 89 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 guest 106 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 guest 101 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 guest 91 Red Hat Linux 6.2 guest 134 Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest 131 Red Hat Linux 7.1 guest 128 Red Hat Linux 7.1 with early 2.4 kernel 130 Red Hat Linux 7.2 guest 125 Red Hat Linux 7.2 with early 2.4 kernel 127 Red Hat Linux 7.3 guest 122 Red Hat Linux 8.0 guest 119 Red Hat Linux 9.0guest 114 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest 110 Solaris 10 guest 231 Sun Java Desktop System guest 137 SUSE LINUX 10.1 guest 150 SuSE Linux 7.3 guest 177 SuSE Linux 8.0 guest 174 SuSE Linux 8.1 guest 171
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SuSE Linux 8.2 guest 168 SUSE LINUX 9.0 guest 165 SUSE LINUX 9.1 guest 162 SUSE LINUX 9.2 guest 159 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 guest 139 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 guest 146 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 guest 142 Turbolinux 10 Desktop guest 179 Turbolinux 7.0 guest 185 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 181 Turbolinux Workstation 8 guest 183 Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 guest 196 Ubuntu Linux 5.10 guest 193 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 guest 191 Ubuntu Linux 6.10 guest 189 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 guest 187 Windows 2000 guest 41 Windows 3.1x guest 54 Windows 95 guest 51 Windows 98 guest 49 Windows Me guest 47 Windows NT guest 44 Windows Server 2003 guest 33 Windows Vista guest 29 Windows XP guest 37 IP address in Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 117 IPv6 disabling in FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 214 disabling in FreeBSD 4.11 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 208 disabling in FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 212 disabling in FreeBSD 5.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 206 disabling in FreeBSD 5.3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 204 disabling in FreeBSD 5.4 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 202 disabling in FreeBSD 6.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 198 disabling in Mandrake Linux 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 72 disabling in Mandrake Linux 10.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 69 disabling in Mandrake Linux 8.0 or 8.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 87 disabling in Mandrake Linux 8.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 84 disabling in Mandrake Linux 9.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 81 disabling in Mandrake Linux 9.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 78
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disabling in Mandrake Linux 9.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 75 disabling in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 57 disabling in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 60 disabling in Mandriva Linux 2006 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 66 disabling in Mandriva Linux 2007 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 63 disabling in Novell Linux Desktop 9 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 89 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 108 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 103 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 99 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 95 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 92 disabling in Red Hat Linux 6.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 135 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 132 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 129 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 126 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7.3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 123 disabling in Red Hat Linux 8.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 120 disabling in Red Hat Linux 9.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 115 disabling in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 112 disabling in SUSE LINUX 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 154 disabling in SUSE LINUX 10.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 151 disabling in SuSE Linux 7.3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 178 disabling in SuSE Linux 8.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 175 disabling in SuSE Linux 8.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 172 disabling in SuSE Linux 8.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 169 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 166 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9.1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 163 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9.2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 160
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disabling in SUSE LINUX 9.3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 157 disabling in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 140 disabling in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 149 disabling in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 147 disabling in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 144 disabling in Turbolinux 10 Desktop virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 179 disabling in Turbolinux 7.0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 186 disabling in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 182 disabling in Turbolinux Workstation 8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 183 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 197 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 5.10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 194 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 6.06 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 192 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 6.10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 190 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 7.04 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 187 ISO image file using to install guest operating system 27
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kernel, avoiding installation of inappropriate type 107, 110 knowledge base accessing 20 known issues FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 215 FreeBSD 4.10 209 FreeBSD 4.11 208 FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 213 FreeBSD 4.9 210 FreeBSD 5.0 207 FreeBSD 5.1 206 FreeBSD 5.2 205 FreeBSD 5.3 204 FreeBSD 5.4 202 FreeBSD 6.0 199 FreeBSD 6.1 198 Mandrake Linux 10 72 Mandrake Linux 10.1 69 Mandrake Linux 8.0 or 8.1 87 Mandrake Linux 8.2 85 Mandrake Linux 9.0 82 Mandrake Linux 9.1 78 Mandrake Linux 9.2 76
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Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 57 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 60 Mandriva Linux 2006 66 Mandriva Linux 2007 63 MS-DOS 54 NetWare 5.1 Server 226 NetWare 6.0 Server 222 NetWare 6.5 Server 219 Novell Linux Desktop 9 90 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 103 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 99 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta 95 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 92 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 108 Red Hat Linux 6.2 135 Red Hat Linux 7.0 132 Red Hat Linux 7.1 129 Red Hat Linux 7.2 127 Red Hat Linux 7.3 124 Red Hat Linux 8.0 120 Red Hat Linux 9.0 116 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 112 Solaris 10 233 Sun Java Desktop System 2 137 SUSE LINUX 10 154 SUSE LINUX 10.1 151 SuSE Linux 7.3 178 SuSE Linux 8.0 175 SuSE Linux 8.1 172 SuSE Linux 8.2 169 SUSE LINUX 9.0 166 SUSE LINUX 9.1 163 SUSE LINUX 9.2 160 SUSE LINUX 9.3 157 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 140 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 149 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 147 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 144 Turbolinux 10 Desktop 180 Turbolinux 7.0 186 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 182 Turbolinux Workstation 8 184 Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 197 Ubuntu Linux 5.10 194 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 192 Ubuntu Linux 6.10 190 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 188 Windows 2000 42 Windows 3.1x 54 Windows 95 53 Windows 98 50 Windows Me 47
Windows NT 45 Windows Server 2003 35 windows Vista 30 Windows XP 38
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license needed for guest operating systems 27
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Mandrake Linux 10.1 screen saver 70 changing display resolution 69, 72 installing X server 68, 71, 74, 77 known issues 69 Mandrake Linux 10 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 71 known issues 72 screen saver 73 Mandrake Linux 10.1 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 68 Mandrake Linux 8.0 avoid migrating to different processor type screen saver 87 shutting down 88 Mandrake Linux 8.0 and 8.1 installing guest operating system 86 known issues 87 Mandrake Linux 8.2 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 83 installing X server 83 known issues 85 screen saver 85 Mandrake Linux 9.0 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 80 installing X server 80 known issues 82 screen saver 82 Mandrake Linux 9.1 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 77 known issues 78 screen saver 78 Mandrake Linux 9.2 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 74 known issues 76 number lock on a laptop host 74 screen saver 76 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4
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avoid migrating to different processor type 58 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 64-bit support 56 installing guest operating system 56 installing X server 56 known issues 57 screen saver 58 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 64-bit support 59 avoid migrating to different processor type 61 installing guest operating system 59 installing X server 59 known issues 60 screen saver 61 Mandriva Linux changing display resolution 57, 60, 63, 66 installing X server 62, 65 known issues 63, 66 Mandriva Linux 2006 64-bit support 65 avoid migrating to different processor type 67 installing guest operating system 65 screen saver 67 Mandriva Linux 2007 64-bit support 62 avoid migrating to different processor type 64 installing guest operating system 62 screen saver 64 memory and product activation 35, 38 limits during Windows NT installation 45 Microsoft Windows Clustering Service and ESX Server 36 mouse, resolving problems in Windows 3.1x guest 54 MSCS See Microsoft Windows Clustering Service MS-DOS known issues 54 prompt during Windows 95 installation 52 screen saver 55 use of CPU idle program recommended 54 VMware Tools not available 54 msgina.dll and boot failure in Windows 2000 SP3 guest 42
known issues 222 NetWare 6.5 Server installing guest operating system 217 known issues 219 Netware 6.5 Server hangs with SP3 and SP5 219 navigating in text mode 219 RDM virtual machine 219 networking adapter for Windows 3.1x 54 in Windows 95 guest 52, 53 in Windows 98 guest 49 in Windows NT guest 45 installing driver in Windows 95 guest 52 networking in cloned virtual machines 92, 154 Novell Linux Desktop 9 avoid migrating to different processor type 90 installing guest operating system 89 known issues 90 number lock and Mandrake Linux 9.2 guest on laptop host 74
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PAE disable in ESX Server virtual machines 32, 36, 39, 42, 46, 99, 104, 109, 113, 117, 121, 124, 127, 145, 147, 158, 161, 164, 167, 170 message while installing guest operating system 39, 92, 95, 99, 103, 233 partition virtual disk 26 processor type avoiding change for FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 216 avoiding change for FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 213 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 10 73 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 10.1 70 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 8.0 88 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 8.2 85 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9.0 82 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9.1 79 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9.2 76 avoiding change for Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 58 avoiding change for Mandriva Corporate Server 4 61 avoiding change for Mandriva Linux 2006 67 avoiding change for Mandriva Linux 2007 64 avoiding change for Novell Linux Desktop 9 90 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 108 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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NetWare 4.2 Server installing guest operating system 228 NetWare 5.1 Server installing guest operating system 224 known issues 226 NetWare 6.0 Server installing guest operating system 220
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3.0 104 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 100 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta 96 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 93 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 6.2 136 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7.0 132 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7.1 130 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7.2 127 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7.3 124 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 8.0 121 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 9.0 117 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 112 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 10 154 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 10.1 151 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 7.3 178 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8.0 175 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8.1 173 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8.2 170 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9.0 167 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9.1 164 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9.2 161 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9.3 158 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 141 avoiding change for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 149 avoiding change for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 147 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 145 avoiding change for Turbolinux 10 Desktop 180 avoiding change for Turbolinux 7.0 186 avoiding change for Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 182 avoiding change for Turbolinux Workstation 8 184 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 197 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 5.10 194 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 6.06 192 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 6.10 190 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 7.04 188 product activation and memory settings 35, 38 and VMware Tools 35, 39 Windows XP 38 Product activation, for Windows Server 2003 35
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RDM virtual machine for Netware 6.5 Server 219 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 avoid migrating to different processor type 108 avoiding installation of inappropriate kernel 107
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installing guest operating system 106 installing X server 106 known issues 108 screen saver 108 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 103 64-bit support 101 avoid migrating to different processor type 104 installing guest operating system 101 known issues 103 PAE message during installation 103 screen saver 104 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 99 64-bit support 97 avoid migrating to different processor type 100 guests displayed with incorrect operating system type in in VirtualCenter Client 100 known issues 99 PAE message during installation 99 screen saver 100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 known issues 95 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta 95 64-bit support 94 avoid migrating to different processor type 96 PAE message during installation 95 screen saver 96 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 64-bit support 91 avoid migrating to different processor type 93 installing guest operating system 91 known issues 92 PAE message during installation 92 Red Hat Linux 3.0 message about tainted driver 104 Red Hat Linux 6.2 avoid migrating to different processor type 136 installing guest operating system 134 known issues 135 Red Hat Linux 7.0 avoid migrating to different processor type 132 installing guest operating system 131 installing X server 131 known issues 132 screen saver 132 Red Hat Linux 7.1 avoid migrating to different processor type 130 installing guest operating system 128 installing X server 128 known issues 129 resolving installation hang 130 screen saver 129 Red Hat Linux 7.2 avoid migrating to different processor type 127
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installing guest operating system 125 installing X server 125 known issues 127 resolving installation hang 127 screen saver 127 Red Hat Linux 7.3 avoid migrating to different processor type 124 installing guest operating system 122 installing X server 122 known issues 124 screen saver 124 Red Hat Linux 8.0 avoid migrating to different processor type 121 installing guest operating system 119 installing X server 119 known issues 120 message about tainted driver 121 screen saver 120 Red Hat Linux 9.0 avoid migrating to different processor type 117 getting IP address via DHCP 117 installing guest operating system 114 installing X server 114 known issues 116 message about tainted driver 117 reading second installation CD 116 screen saver 116 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 autopartitioning 112 avoid migrating to different processor type 112 avoiding installation of inappropriate kernel 110 installing guest operating system 110 installing X server 110 known issues 112 screen saver 112 Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5.0 92 resolution changing in a Mandrake Linux 10 guest 72 changing in a Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 69 changing in a Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 57 changing in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 60 changing in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 66 changing in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 63 changing in a Sun Java Desktop guest 137
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screen saver disable on host 26 in DOS or Windows 3.x guest 55 in FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 guest 216 in FreeBSD 4.10 guest 209 in FreeBSD 4.11 guest 208
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in FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 guest 213 in FreeBSD 4.9 guest 211 in FreeBSD 5.0 guest 207 in FreeBSD 5.1 guest 206 in FreeBSD 5.2 guest 205 in FreeBSD 5.3 guest 204 in FreeBSD 5.4 guest 202 in FreeBSD 6.0 guest 200 in FreeBSD 6.1 guest 198 in Mandrake Linux 10 guest 73 in Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 70 in Mandrake Linux 8.0 guest 87 in Mandrake Linux 8.2 guest 85 in Mandrake Linux 9.0 guest 82 in Mandrake Linux 9.1 guest 78 in Mandrake Linux 9.2 guest 76 in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 58 in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 61 in Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 67 in Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 64 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1guest 108 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 guest 104 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 guest 100 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta guest 96 in Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest 132 in Red Hat Linux 7.1 guest 129 in Red Hat Linux 7.2 guest 127 in Red Hat Linux 7.3guest 124 in Red Hat Linux 8.0 guest 120 in Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 116 in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest 112 in SuSE Linux 7.3 guest 178 in SuSE Linux 8.0 guest 175 in SuSE Linux 8.1 guest 173 in SuSE Linux 8.2 guest 170 in SUSE LINUX 9.0 guest 167 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 149 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 guest 147 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 guest 145 in Turbolinux 10 Desktop guest 180 in Turbolinux 7.0 guest 186 in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 182 in Turbolinux Workstation 8 guest 184 in Windows 2000 guest 42 in Windows 95 guest 53 in Windows 98 guest 50 in Windows Me guest 47 in Windows NT guest 45 in Windows Server 2003 guest 35 in Windows Vista guest 32 in Windows XP guest 39 SCSI driver
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and Windows Server 2003 guest 34 for Windows XP guest 37 SCSI virtual disk in FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 guest 215 serial ports in Windows 95 guest 53 in Windows 98 guest 50 Service Pack 3 and Windows 2000 guest 42 setup interrupted for Windows 95 guest 52 Solaris 10 233 64-bit support 231 guest cannot eject CD-Rom ISO image 234 guest with Virtual SMP may hang when powering on 234 hyperthreading 234 installing guest operating system 231 known issues 233 memory requirements 232 PAE message during installation 233 small display 233 supported network adapter driver 233 Update 1 guests unresponsive when halted 234 Updates 1 and 2 fail on Pentium M-based systems 234 using in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit host 233 Solaris 9 supported network adapter driver 235 sound driver needed for Windows Vista guests 30 in a Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 69 in a Mandrake Linux 8.2 guest 85 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 guest 108 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 guest 100 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta guest 96 in a Red Hat Linux 7.3 guest 124 in a Red Hat Linux 8.0 guest 120 in a Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 116 in a SuSE Linux 7.3 guest 178 in a SuSE Linux 8.2 guest 169 in a SuSE Linux Enterprise 7 guest 149 in a TurboLinux 7.0 guest 186 in a TurboLinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 182 in a Windows 3.1x guest 54 in a Windows 95 guest 53 not tested in FreeBSD 198, 199, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 216 sound adapters on GSX and VMware Servers 28 Sun Java Desktop System changing display resolution 137 installing guest operating system 137 known issues 137 support URL, www.vmware.com/support 27 SUSE LINUX 10 64-bit support 153
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tainted driver message in Red Hat Linux 3.0 104 message in Red Hat Linux 8.0 121 message in Red Hat Linux 9.0 117 technical support resources 20 text mode, navigating for Netware 6.5 Server 219 Troubleshooting FreeBSD 4.10 209 FreeBSD 4.11 208 FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 213 FreeBSD 4.9 210 FreeBSD 5.1 206 FreeBSD 5.2 205 FreeBSD 5.3 204 FreeBSD 5.4 202 Mandrake Linux 8.2 85 NetWare 5.1 Server 226 NetWare 6.0 Server 222 NetWare 6.5 Server 219 Novell Linux Desktop 9 90 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 103 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 99 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta 95 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 92 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 108 Red Hat Linux 9.0 116 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 112 Solaris 10 233 SUSE LINUX 10.1 151
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video settings for Windows Server 2003 35 virtual disk formatting 26 partitioning 26 VMware community forums accessing 20 VMware Server sound adapter 28 VMware Tools and product activation 35, 39 and X server for Mandrake Linux 10 guest 71 and X server for Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 68 and X server for Mandrake Linux 8.2 guest 83 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9.0 guest 80 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9.1 guest 77 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9.2 guest 74 and X server for Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 56 and X server for Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 59 and X server for Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 65 and X server for Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 62 and X server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 guest 106 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest 131 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7.1 guest 128 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7.2 guest 125 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7.3 guest 122 and X server for Red Hat Linux 8.0 guest 119 and X server for Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 114 and X server for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest 110 and X server for SuSE Linux 7.3 guest 177 and X server for SuSE Linux 8.0 guest 174 and X server for SuSE Linux 8.1 guest 171 and X server for SuSE Linux 8.2 guest 168 and X server for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 and X server for Turbolinux 7.0 guest 185 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 virtual machines 214 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 4.11 virtual machines 208 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6.2, 4.8 virtual machines 212 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 5.1 virtual machines 206 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 5.3 virtual machines 204 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 5.4 virtual machines 202 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in
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Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 64-bit support 196 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 196 known issues 197 Ubuntu Linux 5.10 64-bit support 193 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 193 known issues 194 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 64-bit support 191 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 191 known issues 192 Ubuntu Linux 6.10 64-bit support 189 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 189 known issues 190 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 64-bit support 187 avoid migrating to different processor type installing guest operating system 187 known issues 188 user groups accessing 21
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FreeBSD 6.1 virtual machines 198 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 10 virtual machines 72 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 10.1 virtual machines 69 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 8.0 or 8.1 virtual machines 87 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 8.2 virtual machines 84 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9.0 virtual machines 81 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9.1 virtual machines 78 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9.2 virtual machines 75 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 virtual machines 57 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 virtual machines 60 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Linux 2006 virtual machines 66 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Linux 2007 virtual machines 63 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Novell Linux Desktop 9 virtual machines 89 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 virtual machines 108 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 virtual machines 103 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 virtual machines 99 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Beta virtual machines 95 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 virtual machines 92 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 6.2 virtual machines 135 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7.0 virtual machines 132 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7.1 virtual machines 129 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7.2 virtual machines 126 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7.3 virtual machines 123 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 8.0 virtual machines 120 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 9.0 virtual machines 115
disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 virtual machines 112 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 10 virtual machines 154 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 10.1virtual machines 151 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 7.3 virtual machines 178 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8.0 virtual machines 175 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8.1 virtual machines 172 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8.2 virtual machines 169 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9.0 virtual machines 166 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9.1 virtual machines 163 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9.2 virtual machines 160 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9.3 virtual machines 157 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 virtual machines 140 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 virtual machines 149 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines 147 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 virtual machines 144 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux 10 Desktop virtual machines 179 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux 7.0 virtual machines 186 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines 182 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux Workstation 8 virtual machines 183 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 5.0.4 virtual machines 197 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 5.10 virtual machines 194 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 6.06 virtual machines 192 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 6.10 virtual machines 190 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 7.04 virtual machines 187 installing in Windows Vista 30, 31
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Windows rebooting Windows guest on ESX Server 2.5.x after VMware Tools installation 36, 39, 42, 46 Windows 2000 and screen saver 42 installing guest operating system 41 known issues 42 Service Pack 3 42 Windows 3.1x installing guest operating system 54 installing network adapter 54 resolving mouse problems 54 VMware Tools not available 54 Windows 3.x known issues 54 screen saver 55 Windows 95 enabling DMA 52 enabling networking after installation 52 installing driver for Ethernet adapter 52 installing guest operating system 51 known issues 53 phantom COM ports 53 resuming an interrupted installation 52 screen saver 53 troubleshooting network problems 53 Windows 98 booting from floppy disk 49 enabling networking after installation 49 installing guest operating system 49 known issues 50 phantom COM ports 50 screen saver 50 Windows Me installing guest operating system 47 known issues 47 screen saver 47 Windows NT enabling DMA 44 enabling networking after installation 45 installing guest operating system 44 known issues 45 memory settings during installation 45 screen saver 45 using multiple disks 45 Windows Server 2003 64-bit support 33 display settings 35 hibernation 36 installing guest operating system 33
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known issues 35 product activation 35 screen saver 35 SCSI driver 34 Windows Vista 64-bit support 29 checked build 32 installing guest operating system 29 known issues 30 network adapter 31 screen saver 32 sound driver needed for 64-bit guests 30 VMware Tools installation 30, 31 Windows XP 39 64-bit support 37 hibernation 39 installing guest operating system 37 known issues 38 PAE message during installation 39 product activation 38 screen saver 39 SCSI driver 37 workspaces, switching in Linux guest 28
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X server and Mandrake Linux 10 guest 71 and Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest 68 and Mandrake Linux 8.2 guest 83 and Mandrake Linux 9.0 guest 80 and Mandrake Linux 9.1 guest 77 and Mandrake Linux 9.2 guest 74 and Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 guest 56 and Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 59 and Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 65 and Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 62 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 guest 106 and Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest 131 and Red Hat Linux 7.1 guest 128 and Red Hat Linux 7.2 guest 125 and Red Hat Linux 7.3 guest 122 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 guest 119 and Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest 114 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest 110 and SuSE Linux 7.3 guest 177 and SuSE Linux 8.0 guest 174 and SuSE Linux 8.1 guest 171 and SuSE Linux 8.2 guest 168 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 and Turbolinux 7.0 guest 185
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