VMware Server configuration question

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 10:18 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 22:11 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 05/06/2010 07:39 AM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> > > Trying to configure the latest VMware Server v2.0.2 under F13Beta.
> > > (Annoyingly) near the beginning of vmware-config.pl -- in fact the next
> > > question after "Where's the CC compiler?" -- it asks:
> > >
> > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> > > running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> > >
> > > I've always answered <Enter> at this question and it was accepted. Now
> > > it says:
> > >
> > > The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.
> > >
> > > I don't have much to go on here. Does anyone know the right answer for
> > > F13?
> > >
> > >   
> > OK....Let's recap here....
> > 
> > First, not sure if you want F13 as the "host" or the "guest"....  But
> > the latest VMware server is, as you say, V2.0.2 and the latest build was
> > on 27 October 2009.  So, you have a closed source application....which
> > was released well before F13 and you want what?
> > 
> > But, maybe you are interested in downloading and using the "SIFT
> > Workstation VMware Appliance"?  If so, what is the relationship between
> > it and F13?  AFAIK, the appliance will work as a VMware Server Appliance
> > and as long as you have VMware server installed...on any platform, it
> > will be just fine.  I don't think there is any such thing as a "natural
> > host" in the context.
> Ed,
> 
> F13 will be the host with the SIFT package as a client VM pre-built for
> VMware Server. I'm trying to get past this obstacle blocking my
> installation and configuration of VM/S on F13. I fully understand the
> fluid nature of the respective releases. VMware doesn't guarantee their
> products will work with any partiular Fedora, but sooner or later
> someone has always figured out how to make it work. In this case, with
> similar kernels, there's the "carrot" of RHEL6 to get them to update
> VM/S to make it compatible with F13.

Actually, VMware Workstation 7.1 apparently now includes official
support for Fedora guests. I'm not sure about Fedora hosts yet.

I just loaded Workstation 7.1 on F13B. Runs great. Dare I say that Unity
even works pretty well now.

Cheers,

Chris

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