[KLUG Members] VMware with RedHat 7.1 w/ XFS

Bryan-TheBS-Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:51:59 -0400


alan.dejong@wmich.edu wrote:
> I am running Bruce's BSware Pro, and I am trying to install VMware.  I get the
> program installed, but when i go to configure it, it says that none of Vmware's
> pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for my running kernel.  Then it asks if i
> would like the script to build the module for my system.  Thats where i get
> stuck.  It askes what is the directory of my C header files that match my
> running kernel.  And i have no idea.. i am still pretty new to this.. any ideas?
> thanks,

VMWare and kernel incompatibilities are common.  VMWare 2.0 seems to
be the minimum for XFS.  3.0beta for newer kernel versions.

-- TheBS

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