Fedora Core 3 under VMware Workstation 5.0

Submitted by keithmo
on April 9, 2005 - 4:30am

VMware recently released VMware Workstation 5.0. Although none of the Fedora releases are listed as "officially supported" guest operating systems, it appears that FC3 installs and runs right out-of-the-box. No patching or hacking is required.

That said, the system still responds quite well to a bit of performance tweaking (minimizing the services running, and minimizing the kernel). This is strictly optional, though.

Thanks, VMware!

VMware Workstation 5.0 still

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 13, 2005 - 4:51pm

VMware Workstation 5.0 still haven't solved the problem with WMware Tools. I've just tried to installed Fedora Core 3 but I still receive the same errors as in VMware 4.5.2 :-(

How did you install the tools

on
April 13, 2005 - 5:17pm

How did you install the tools, and what error did you get?

I a) install the VMware tools RPM, then b) execute vmware-config-tools.pl to setup things. I don't build either of the VMware modules, so I don't know if the shared folder thing is working. I configure X for 800x600, and it seems to be happy.

FWIW: After installing a new build, my first boot is always to runlevel 3 to install the tools. I don't know if this is still absolutely necessary (it's a hard old habit to break) but it works for me.

VMWare 5 and FC3

dk (not verified)
on
April 17, 2005 - 3:22am

My boot after install hung during "Configuring kernel parameters:" and I found a web site http://www.ramikayyali.com/archives/2005/02/09/fedora_rant that states that it is necessary to "remove rhgb from kernel parameters, boot correctly, and then cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices". How can I do that removal of rhgb? Please respond to david@klausner.com.

The problem Rami describes on

on
April 17, 2005 - 4:20am

The problem Rami describes on his site is with NVidia drivers. Since a virtual machine doesn't emulate NVidia hardware (regardless of the actual hardware on the physical machine), then his solution does not apply. That said, I always run without rhgb. It a) boots faster, and b) shows more info during the boot.

To disable rhgb temporarily (for a single boot):

  • Boot the VM.
  • When you see the graphical Fedora boot screen with the "Booting Fedora Core in 5 seconds..." countdown, press any key.
  • Use the up/down arrow keys to select the kernel you want to boot.
  • Press 'e' to edit the selected kernel's boot parameters.
  • Use the up/down arrow keys to select the line starting with "kernel /vmlinuz-" (probably the second line).
  • Press 'e' to edit the line.
  • Use the left/right arrow keys to move the cursor, and the delete key to remove "rhgb" from the line.
  • Press enter when finished editing. This will return you to the kernel parameters screen.
  • Press 'b' to boot the kernel.

To disable rhgb permanently:

  • Boot the system and logon normally.
  • Execute "su" to become root.
  • Use your favorite editor to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf.
  • For each of the installed kernels, remove "rhgb" from the line(s) starting with "kernel".
  • If you don't like the graphical boot "splash screen" and you want a normal grub menu when you boot, you can also comment out the lines starting with "splashimage=" and "hiddenmenu". Just insert a '#' at the beginning of these lines.

Good luck!

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