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SUSE LINUX 10

Support

32-Bit Version

This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:

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VMware Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2 Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2

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VMware Server 1.0 Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0

64-Bit Version

This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:

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VMware Workstation 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2 Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0

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VMware Server 1.0 Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1.0

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 SUSE LINUX 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE LINUX distribution CDs. The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD; however, installing SUSE LINUX 10 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.

Installation Steps

1 Insert the SUSE LINUX 10 installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE LINUX 10.

3 Install using the text mode installer. In the first installation screen, press the F3 key to get boot options. Press the F3 key again and use the arrow keys to select text mode, and then press Enter to select the text mode installer.

4 Be sure to install gcc and the kernel source so the VMware Tools installer can compile modules for SUSE Linux 10.

At the Installation Settings screen, choose Change, and then choose Software. From the Filter menu, choose RPM Groups. Choose the Development group, press Enter to open it, and add gcc, gcc-c++, and kernel-source by highlighting those items in the list and pressing the spacebar.

5 At the Test Internet Connection screen-during final configuration, after all packages are installed-do not perform the Internet connection test.

6 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

This completes basic installation of the SUSE LINUX 10 guest operating system.

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.

Note: If the initial X display is not usable, you must install VMware Tools from a text-mode console, as described in Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System.

Known Issues

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 SUSE LINUX 10 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