On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 02:40 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nick Khamis wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I am having no luck at all trying to emerge vmware-server 1.0.9 using > > kernel .30 r5. I know vmware 2 can be instlled easily using layman but I > > do not want that clunker on this 16 core server. The show must go on... > > what is my safest bet XEN? I need an emulator that can handle running > > mutliper virtual machines at once. I need something that is as stable as > > possible. Any suggestion? For those who may have some advice regarding the > > vmware-server error I am getting here it is, however; I am starting to > > lose fate in vmwre 1.0.9: > > > > > > The die message: > > * Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc > > CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS= auto-build VMWARE_VER=VME_S1B1 > > KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r5/build > > > > > > Thanks in Advnaced, > > Ninus > > > > virtualbox? >
I was/am using 2 instances of VB on a dual core on gentoo with fedora inside - works well, though loading is mostly light but I have run some tests with heavy loads and nothing broke. Mostly used to offer snmp access for students to test against. Last year I ran vmware player and that was ok, but a real pain with the vmware-tools, module support and lagging kernel support creating "issues". This year I gave up trying to get it to upgrade and run after 2-3 days work - installed VB and was in operation soon after. VB upgrades just seem to work. I have qemu (with kqemu) at home, VB, and vmware machines at work - qemu is the easiest to manage, but VB isnt far behind, and seems fastest with best feature set. Cloning is a bit more involved than vmware - export and reload under a different name rather than just copy, but it works. I am seriously considering dropping vmware at work due to its continual, ongoing pain ... Not relevant here is it also has Mac versions - there is no free Mac vmware-player. Been using vmware on gentoo for windows and linux variants since version 1 ... BillK -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth!
