Yahoo! VMware Server Finally Installed!

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Gene Poole wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I finally got my VMware Server 1.0.6 installed on Fedora 8!
> 
> Here's what I did:
> 
>    1. I followed the instructions I found on
>       http://fedorasolved.org/server-solutions/vmserver-install  -
>       exactly including the one-liner for Fedora 9.  I rebooted the
>       machine and then removed the kernel-devel that didn't match the
>       uname -r listed in step 8.

Probably because I think the last few (6?) Fedora 8 kernels are now 
2.6.25 kernels, when the previous ones were 2.6.24 kernels.  So, now F8 
and F9 need the same changes?  Perhaps the FedoraSolved page needs updating?

>    2. When it failed at step 32 (as it had in the past), I then
>       performed the process listed in 'Doing the work' steps 1 and 1
>       (not a mistake, there is no step 2) and applied the patch for the
>       vmnet-only.
>    3. I then executed the vmware-config.pl found in /usr/bin 
> 
> 
> All seems to be working except in KDE3, the VMware Server Console wasn't 
> added to the menus
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help!
> Gene Poole

Glad you got it working!

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