On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Zoki wrote:
->On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, T. S. Collins wrote:
->
->->Zoki wrote:
->->
->->> It's the Mandrake 6.0 distrib which should be equal to RH6. Vmware doesn't
->->> install on it because half way it complains about wrong version of make
->->> (don't have the exact error message). At this point I was wondering if
->->> there's a known issue with VMware and RH6? What's your manager running it
->->> on? The Mandrake is compiled for the i586.
->
-><snip>
->
->->Zoki,
->->
->->Was wondering if you could clarify if your installing Mandrake inside VMware or
->->if your trying to install VMware on a mandrake System. On a Mandrake 6.1 SMP
->->system with the default kernel we have seen some compilation errors but otherwise
->->we have had no problem installing VMware on a Mandrake 6.1 system and we've
->->installed 6.0 and 6.1 inside VMware as well.
->->
->->To answer Michael S. Dunsavage's question "what is vmware", vmware is basically a
->->software program that allows you to run multiple x86 OSes at the same time. So
->->you have Linux running as the main OS on your system but at times you need to run
->->say MS-Windows 95. Instead of installing 95 on your system you install it inside
->->the VMware program. If your having trouble picturing it please visit
->->www.vmware.com
->
->
->*** To start with I made a mistake; it's the Mandrake 6.1 not the 6.0.
->What I did was try to install it on a Mandrake system in order to run Win
->applications. Since I hate my self for not having noted the error message
->I'll repeat the experiment and post the exact results Friday. In the mean
->time I'll try it out on a Mandrake 6.0 and RH5.2 system to see what's
->happening there.
->
<snip>
*** Here's the exact error message I get when I try to install vmware on a
Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel version compiled for the i686.
### ERROR ###################################################################
Enter binaries installation directory: [/usr/local/bin] /usr/bin
Binaries installation directory is /usr/bin.
This is the location of the executables.
Enter installation directory for library files: [/usr/lib/vmware]
Directory /usr/lib/vmware does not exist.
Create it (including needed parent directories)? [yes] y
Library installation directory is /usr/lib/vmware.
This is the location of the library files.
Enter installation directory for manual pages: [/usr/man]
Manual installation directory is /usr/man.
This is the location of the manual pages.
Enter the top directory under which the init scripts reside. It should
contain
init.d/, rc2.d/, rc3.d/, rc5.d/, and rc6.d/: [/etc/rc.d]
The boot-time init script will be stored under /etc/rc.d.
This is the location of the script that loads the vmware
kernel modules on reboot.
Installing /usr/man/man1/vmware.1
Installing /usr/bin/vmware-wizard
Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd
Installing /usr/bin/vmware
Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer
Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge
Installing /usr/lib/vmware/config
Finding an installable vmmon module
No exact match for vmmon-up-2.2.9-27mdk. Checking for working
alternatives.
No alternatives found, please build a driver locally
None of the prebuilt modules seems to work on this machine.
This script can try and build one for you. Would you like to try? [yes]
## ERROR END ############################################################
N.B.
The follow up of the error message is logical since I don't have make
installed.
sh: make: command not found
### Something is wrong with the system include files on
### your machine! The file <linux/version.h> is for a
### Linux system but you are running a 2.2.9-27mdk
### kernel. This will not work for building the VMware device
### drivers; you must have include files that match the version
### of your operating system.
### END ##################################################################
Before going into experimenting and sleepless nights of trying to
understand why it doesn't work when it's supposed to (especially since the
goal is to buy the prog and use it every day without too much problems) I
was wondering if you would have some feedback on the reason why it doesn't
want to install. Is there a patch to be installed or something...!?
Cheers,
Zoki.
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