Darren and Robert: "D. D. Brierton" wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 15:26, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i just got the latest vmware workstation for linux (4.0), > > and hope to spend some time this weekend setting it up. > > so if anyone out there has been through this under shrike, > > i'm interested in any good luck/bad luck stories. > > > > particularly for a dell inspiron 8100 with 1600x1200 > > display, and nvidia geforce2go. no sense making this > > easy. > > (Almost) snap! I too am planning to install VMwareWorkstation 4.0 over > the weekend, on a Dell Inspiron 8200, NVidia GeForce 440 Go, 1600x1200. > So let's keep each other abreast of how we're getting on (although > probably that should be done off-list). Well I have RH9.0 and VMWorkstation 4.0 sitting in front of me and have hesitated to do anything with either given the issues cropping up with 9.0 and the general question of trying to get two new releases of system software to work with each other. I for one would also like to know how you are getting on! :) I hate to let others be the brave ones, but if you guys are willing I certainly would not want that experience to be lost. Thanks! mjp -- Matt Perry mattp@xxxxxxxxx > > > I was running VMware 3.2 on Mandrake 8.2 on this machine without > problem, and had several VMs set up and running nicely. I did a clean > install of RHL9 and so before installing it I backed up all my VMs and > everything in /etc. I tried playing around with the VMwareWorkstation > 4.0 beta after installing RHL9 and did run into a few problems. Firstly, > the hardware spec of the new VM has changed quite a lot, and when I > started each VM they detected the new hardware, and wanted to access the > CD-ROM drive to get drivers off the Windows CD-ROM, but for some reason > they couldn't find the CD-ROM device, despite the fact that it is still > /dev/cdrom just as it was in Mandrake 8.2. The other problem I had was > that the configure script gave me different network settings than > before, and so none of the VM's networking worked anymore. This time > around, I'm going to first rpm -e the 4.0 beta, and delete /etc/vmware, > and then restore the /etc/vmware from my old VMware3.2/Mdk8.2 install, > and then install VMware 4.0 and run the config script and hope it > preserves my original network settings. > > Best, Darren > > -- > ===================================================================== > D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com > Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) > ===================================================================== > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
