Hi everyone, I would like to know if someone has try to use the vmware package inside a Gentoo box ?

I know that virtual box is working pretty well but what about VmWare ?


Finally, I will try to install Gentoo from Windows that is running Vmware and I would like to know if it's possible.

I know that we compile a lot and will it work ? I'm running Ubuntu without any problem inside a Vm, but compiling is something else.

And what about the partition layout, how do I declare a /boot or a / inside a virtual disk ? With Ubuntu installer, it's working automagically but with Gentoo, I need to understand how it works :P

Thanks !

Other than the penalty that's inherent to running inside a VM, you should be well to go.

You won't notice a difference. You need to define a virtual hard disk of whatever size you wish, and another drive (a cdrom most likely) for whatever livecd iso you want to use as your install media. Then you boot the iso.

Once booted, your kernel will see the virtual hd of the vm just like any other disk, most likely like an scsi one (sd*), but I haven't tried. Then just proceed as always, partition that disk and start installing.

Don't worry about harming real disks, anything inside vmware shouldn't be able to access your real hardware, that is, unless vmware has an option to do so, in which case it will probably be wrapped in between lots of warnings.

Yes it is possible.I am running it.

By default whatever space you give to your hard drive(keep it at least 8 GB)..the virtual hdd is configured as IDE drive.
So your live CD installer will detect it as /dev/hda.
Partition it the way you want or you can follow the default way given in handbook.
Rest no difference as per the handbook instructions.
Just take care while editing fstab. Use sd* instead of hd* as you used while partitioning and mounting.Otherwise it will result in kernel panic because by default newer version kernel(may be 2.4 onwards) are configured to sd*(SCSI).
Yes the main issue I am facing is to map my ext3 virtual drive to Windows.So readers please if you have any way to mount ext2/3 virtual drive on Windows ,so that I can access it in Windows normally.
I googled a lot but I got how to mount Linux on Windows not Virtual Linux on Windows.
Good Luck!

Cheers!!

Thanks for the info.

But, running Gentoo inside a VM, if you compile, then your memory will hit the sky I think.

I will use Vm to run a windows box inside my Gentoo :P