Novell Linux Desktop 9
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Support
This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
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VMware Workstation 5.0, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2
Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2
Service Pack 2 supported on Workstation 5.5.2
Experimental support for Service Pack 2 beta on Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1
Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1 |
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VMware ACE 1.0.1, 1.0.2 |
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VMware Server 1.0
Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0
Service Pack 2 supported on VMware Server 1.0 |
Novell Linux Desktop 9
General Installation Notes
Be sure to read
General Guidelines for All VMware Products as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
The easiest method of installing Novell Linux Desktop 9 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Novell Linux Desktop distribution CDs. The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD; however, installing Novell Linux Desktop 9 via the boot floppy/network method is supported as well. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine.
Note: With many Linux guest operating systems, various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines. VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system.
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Novell Linux Desktop 9 installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Novell Linux Desktop 9.
3 Install using the text mode installer. In the first installation screen, press the F2 key, use the arrow keys to select text mode, and then press Enter to select the text mode installer.
4 During final configuration, after all packages are installed, do not perform the Internet connection test.
5 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine.
This completes basic installation of the Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest operating system.
Novell Linux Desktop 9
VMware Tools
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at
www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Known Issues
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly
If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly, use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at
www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1420.
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine
In some cases, networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package. If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier, the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change. When a Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest operating system is installed, it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename. When the virtual machine's MAC address changes, the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter. If you experience this problem, you can work around it by copying or renaming the file. For eth0, for example, make the following change:
Old name:
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address>
New name:
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
