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drkstorm
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 Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject: Installing Gentoo as an VMware ESX host |
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| I'm going ot be installing gentoo as an esx server host and I'm wondering if there are any special considerations, like what kernel options do i compile as my video, network, hard drive, and chipset? Do I need to compile vmware-modules ot do i install vmware-tools since all i see is a masked vmware-workstation-tools ebuild? |
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JeliJami
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Installing Gentoo as an VMware ESX host |
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| drkstorm wrote: | | I'm going ot be installing gentoo as an esx server host |
This is impossible. The ESX server is a reworked RedHat.
It's not installable software, it's a complete Linux distribution.
It can not be installed on Gentoo.
You could however install a Gentoo guest on a ESX host, or install vmware-server/vmware-workstation/vmware-player on a Gentoo host.
| Quote: | | and I'm wondering if there are any special considerations, like what kernel options do i compile as my video, network, hard drive, and chipset? Do I need to compile vmware-modules ot do i install vmware-tools since all i see is a masked vmware-workstation-tools ebuild? |
for a start:
http://gentoo-wiki.org/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP
http://gentoo-wiki.org/HOWTO_setup_VMware
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drkstorm
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | You could however install a Gentoo guest on a ESX host |
thats what i meant, thanks, i'll take a look at the links you provided |
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wolf31o2
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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emerge layman
layman -a vmware
emerge vmware-esx-tools
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thoughtform
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i'm trying to install this on a gentoo guest machine on vmware esx 2.5.2
i see this is for the 3.x series.
could someone post the older version ebuild? |
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nixnut
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo.
Not about getting gentoo installed, so moved here.
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