Installing VMware server 2.x on Debian lenny
VMware Server can create, edit, and play virtual machines. It uses a client-server model, allowing remote access to virtual machines, at the cost of some graphical performance (and 3D support). In addition to the ability to run virtual machines created by other VMware products, it can also run virtual machines created by Microsoft Virtual PC.
1. Install required packages
apt-get install psmisc make gcc gcc-4.1 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Installing VMware tools on lenny
This has been tested on Debian lenny running on VMware server 2.0.
Install kernel headers and some tools used to install VMware tools:
apt-get install binutils cpp gcc make psmisc linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Mount the cdrom drive. Make sure you have mounted the VMware tools virtual cd from the host before moving on.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
Installing VMware server on Debian etch
VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Streamline software development and testing and simplify server provisioning as you utilize the ability to "build once, deploy many times."
In this tutorial we'll install the free VMware server 1.x and VMware Management Interface to a Debian etch system.
First install required packages
apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` psmisc libx11-6 libx11-dev xspecs libxtst6 libXt-dev libXrender-dev libxi6 lvm-common lvm2 xfsprogs
Install VMware tools
This has been tested on Debian etch running on VMware ESX and VMware server 2.0 hosts.
Install kernel headers and some tools used to install VMware tools
apt-get install binutils cpp gcc make psmisc linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Mount the cdrom drive. Make sure you have mounted the VMware tools virtual cd from the host before moving on.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/