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Originally Posted by ve1drg
I am trying to install VMware on Slackware 11.
I see others install VMware on Windows and then Slackware inside vmware.
I am trying to do it the other way. And I did find a 'source' file for a vmware server. I can't install it on slackware though as it is looking for rc0.d-rc6.d files.
Slackware doesn't have such files..
Anyone help??
I simply want to run WindowsXP while my Linux (slackware) is running. I am told it is easy . Just install VMWARE on my Slackware and then Windowsxp on VMware??
Has anyone done it this way? Or is it only done the other way. On Windows and Linux inside the VMware on Windows..??
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I have successfully installed vmplayer (free stripped down version of vmware workstation, not sure it applies for vmserver. In order to install it properly, you have to:
1) create the rc<n>.d
for n in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ; do mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc$n.d ; done
2) Install with the command vmware-install.pl ; but when the installer ask you if you want to run the configuration utility answer "no"
3) Lauch the configuration utility:
vmware-config.pl --compile
(the --compile is necessary to force the compilation of kernel modules; otherwise it tries to use precompiled modules and that cause problems).
4) Erase the diretories creted in step 1 :
rm -rf /etc/rc.d/rc?.d
5) add this line to rc.local to launch vmware at boot
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/vmware ] ; then
/etc/rc.d/vmware start
fi
6) Optionally you may want to shut it down when you poweroff the machine. Create /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown; make it executable and add the following line to it:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/vmware ] ; then
/etc/rc.d/vmware stop
fi
(Remark: Slackware offers limited SystemV compatibility, if you know what you are doing you can create the approriate link in /etc/rc.d/rc4.d and review the links in other run-level; but I think what I have explained is more consistent for Slackware)