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
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
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
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
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):
To disable rhgb permanently:
Good luck!