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Re: [PLUG] Kernel builds, 2.4.7, and VMware GSX?
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jeff Dean wrote:
> Hi. Anybody out there using VMware? I have an SMP Dell server that I'm
> trying to get VMware running with. It has a stock RH71
> installation. VMware's config failed, so I built a 2.4.7 kernel, but
> VMware didn't like that one either. So I tried to rebuild 2.4.2 from the
> RH installation as directed by VMware. This is where my problem gets
> frustrating.
>
> When I boot the new 2.4.2 kernel it panics when it looks for /. This is an
> all-SCSI system, so I'm guessing that it's an initrd problem, but I'm using
> the same root partition and initrd image as for the stock 2.4.2 kernel from
> RH. The error message is something like "can't find root partition on
> 8.08"..."please specify the root partition" or somesuch. LILO is working
> fine with each of the new kernels.
>
> The 2.4.7 I built booted fine, but I compiled everything in (MEGAraid,
> SCSI, Intel Ethernet, etc.) so there's no modules problem.
As a recent purchaser of VMware, I'm facing this too. I use Suse, which has
some documantation specific to how to compile the kernel on its website which
may be of some help. I know that VMware likes certain things to be loaded as
modules-- not compiled directly into the kernel, so you may want to check
VMware's site about that.
also, is yours a purchased copy? If so, they do e-mail support on an "ongoing"
basis, according to the rep I spoke to.
Hope this helps.
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DISCLAIMER - This text was written on the road and may contain errors of fact,
tact, and decency due to the cumulative effects of cabin fever, emotional
displacement, and restaurant food.
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