Re: [SLE] vmware on 9.2

From: Kastus (NOSPAM_at_tprfct.net)
Date: 11/08/04

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    Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:48:57 -0800
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    On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 09:57:14AM -0500, Michael W Cocke wrote:
    >
    > cd /usr/src/linux
    > make oldconfig
    > make bzImage
    > make modules
    >
    > You can skip the installation steps (modules_install and install) if
    > you want. After you do this, install vmware - it works great.

    Actually, the necessary and sufficient steps on SUSE are:

    make cloneconfig
    make prepare
    vmware-config.pl

    Much faster than bzImage and modules.

    Regards, -Kastus 

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