hi all, when installing VMWARE on Slackware 9.0 i get stuck in the following question:

\What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to
rc6.d/)?

anyone know what should i put there ?

thanks in advance

I'd suggest just doing a search on
Slack & vmware, there's heaps of
posts. The thing is that you'll have
to (temporarily) create that directory
structure for the installation. Slack
doesn't use the SysV inits.

Cheers,
Tink

http://www.slackware.org/config/init.php
after reading that the relavent part is that /etc/rc.d/ is where to put your SysV init scripts and rc.sysvinit should find and run them for you

you may also want to have a look at
http://linuxtipps.sourceforge.net/sh.../en/faq/56.htm

i already tried /etc/rc.d ,

should a create the a new directory?

ok, i created the directory structure and it work but now i get stuck with the following:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

install your kernel sources

one, do you remember how you resolved that rc0.d and rc6.d problem in slackware? I'm currently having it myself

Here is the guide that help me install vmware, everything you need to install it , is there

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jbyrne/vmware.htm


cheers

Thank you very much worked great now to get the nic enabled in slack :P

can u tell me how u resolved the kernel header location problem ... cause i am stuck there ... i downloaded the kernel tar fiel that matches my slack 9.0 kernel version ... i unpacket it but seems to be able getting nowwhere ...

thanx

Slackware doesn't come with the kernel sources, this are required for vmware to install, now you have two options you can download the latest stable kernel from kernel.org and compile it (there's a tut on it at the top of this forum) or you can download the kernel source in slack pkg from slackware site, here is the link :

http://www.slackware.com/pb/?vers=slackware-9.0&set=k

this is the slack pkg kernel source for kernel 2.4.20 that is the one that comes with Slack 9,

download the file and do a:

installpkg kernel-source-2.4.20-noarch-5

i recommend downloading the latest kernel from kernel.org and compile it, you will get the benefits of learning on how to compile a kernel and customiized it to your needs and you will be a less newbie linux user like me

thanx ... i will give it a try ...

hope i get it done right ... hehe ... i got my slack to work with no hitch ...

one Q though ... in slack self u get in control panel place a linux kernel thing ... and it sais it can't locate the kernel files ... is that the same thing as whot i am trying to do ...cause if u can customize the kernel from in linux it will be easier ... right ??

thanx

you download and upacked the source but you didn't compile it, that why nothng happen, you must compile it, or as i said before and much simpler you can download the kernel source from the link above ,installe it and your are all set.

english is not my first language, maybe i misunderstood your question

cool ... thanx ... at least i was half way there .... cause i downloaded from kernel.org a huge kernel file off 145 MB ... untarred it ... but didn't compile ... silly me ... i will venture there when i feel a bit more at home on linux ... thanx for the link ... busy downloading it right now ... will keep to that one for now ...

anything to get away from windows ... i can't understand y so many people give up if stuff don't work right ... i think it is kinda fun but sometimes frustrating if u can't get things to work ... but like they say practise makes perfect ...

big thumbs up for all u cool people that takes timout to help us newbies get on the way ...

REAL BIG THANX ...

You're welcome, next time download the compressed kernel, is 30 MB or so.

cheers