Silent install with vmware-install.pl
Hi. I'd like to install VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz( I have a special reason thant cat not install rpm on my box). So, Are there any ideas to silient install with vmware-install.pl ?...
View ArticleMouse is jerky on Debian Linux
I am running VMWARE Server Console 1.0.4 I have one for Windows 2003 Server (mouse if fine) and one for Debian Linux. I installed the VMtools but it is still jerky. When I run...
View ArticleUnable to release the cursor in vmware console
I am using vmware server console to access a virtual machine (ubuntu server) I have created on my home server. I want to install vmware tools in the virtual machine but I am unable to select the menu...
View Articlevmware server 2 linux network environnement
I work a few time on a solution where i have a linux debian etch updated with vmware server 2.0xx last version.The server settings are bi xeon 2.8 4gig ram many disk drive and some kind of raid 1 and...
View ArticleCan't "grab input" or get focus back to guest
host: Ubuntu 7.10:Linux xxxxxxx 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux guest: Windows XP sp2 VMware Server Console 1.0.4 build-56528 Hi, I've been running fine for a...
View ArticleHard disk and process problems
I installed VMWare Server 1.0.5 on Debian Stable (Etch) and I have a question and a problem. Is it normal to have the vmware-vmx process in this situation showing in "top"?17149 root 5 -10 1204m...
View ArticleIIS Configuration Failed installing VMware Management Interface for VMware...
I'm installing VMware Server 1.0.5 on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 system. During the install of the VMware Management Interface I get the following error: Warning 25301. IIS configuration faield...
View ArticleTools mouse (un)grab not working in SUSE 10.3 VM
I previously ran SUSE 10.1 where, after installing VMWare Tools, I was able to move the mouse seamlessly from the VM to the Windows host, and back, without having to run vmware-toolbox. After...
View ArticleInstalling VMWare Tools with CactiEZ
Hello, I'm running CactiEZ which runs on CentOS 4.3. The host OS is Windows XP SP3. When I try to install VMWare tools from within the VMWare GUI, nothing happens on the virtual machine console....
View ArticleProblems with virtual networking
People I need your help. I downloaded and installed the last version of VMWare Server. I already had an image of a WIndows 2003 Server. I can open my virtual machine without problmes, but there is no...
View ArticleVMware *virtual* network card disconnects on bootup
Good day everyone, Hardware\Software Build: - VMWare Server 1.0.6 Build 91891- Host Machine: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2- Guest Machine: Windows SBS 2003 SP2- Problem occurs every reboot- Host connects...
View ArticleRemoved snapshot, how to remove the -00001.vmdk file?
Hello everyone, I have a VM in VMWare server which I used to have a snapshot on. I have since deleted the snapshot, but I see that it left behind a file 120gb-000001.vmdk, which i assume was the data...
View Articleunknown field ‘nopage’
I just upgraded my Fedora Installation and tried to rebuild vmware. The results are: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-14.fc8-x86_64' + CC...
View ArticleSlow network speeds to a linux guest
Hello, I'm running VMware-Server 1.0.7 on Windows XP Professional (32-bit) and have an Ubuntu Linux guest. The guest is set up to physically access three hard drives, the root system is installed on...
View ArticleOperation on file "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" failed (Access is denied).
Using Server 1.0.8 on Vista Home Prem 32bit. I have the drive from a previous computer that ran XP in this, too, and I want to boot it up in vmware. The drive is unmapped in windows but every time I...
View ArticleError Compiling vmxnet & vmhgfs
Guest Debian 5 lenny VMwareTools-1.0.8-126538.tar.gz Linux XXXXXXXXXXXX 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 18:29:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux -Building the vmhgfs module. Using 2.6.x kernel build...
View ArticleVmware server install fails on Debian 5 (Lenny)
Hi, I am getting the following error when trying to install VM server 1.0.8 onto Debian 5 (Lenny). Any help is greatly appreciated. What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These...
View ArticleTrying to add a SCSI Tape drive
I select Tape0 as the device to connect to the SCSI tape drive, but I get an error message as soon as I power on the vm: Virtual device scsi1:0: Unable to open SCSI host device Tape0; the system...
View Articlexfs Filesystem corruption using Physical Disk partitions
I'm trying to build a new "system" partition on an existing disk. I've tried a number of times now, and every time I've ended up with a corrupt filesystem. My existing disk is /dev/hda, which has...
View ArticleInternal Traffic Routing within Physical machine between multiple VMs
Hi, I am using VMWare on my server & have a very powerful machine for this, dual processor QUAD CORE, 32GBram & 4TBhd RHEL 5.3 x64. I am using the host only config, now the problem I am facing...
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