katsumi liquer wrote: > IMHO no, there are no such gotchas, other than you may have to deal > with the default RHEL kernel out-of-memory process killer. If you are > hoping to configure VMware Server to use close to all of your physical > memory, you'll have to deal with it. Alternately if you really want a > clean, and also free approach, leave the Linux box alone and use > stand-alone ESX 3i on a separate host. Better VM, and better Linux > left untouched ;) > Not gonna work that way. I'm doing this at home, where I'm currently running openSuSE. I was figuring on installing VMWare Server, then, somewhere soon, installing CentOS 5 as a VM. (Then, next cover letter, and next interview, I can say that I have been investigating it, and have it running now, so yeah, you do want to hire me....) mark > katsu > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM, mark <m.roth2006@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ok, too many jobs want it, so I am going to put it on my system. Now, I've done >> some research, and what I need to do is not a bare metal install, but rather an >> install *over* an existing operating system (Linux, of course). >> >> So, if I d/l the freeware version (VMWare server, I think it is), are there any >> gotchas that will toast my system? Are there things I need to watch for, like >> "oh, in 5pt type, and written by a lawyer, translated by someone for whom >> English is a third language, you need to do this and that first, and then check >> this option"? >> >> mark >> >> -- >> redhat-list mailing list >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
