Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot rom for vmware

[<kam...@ya...>]

Hi Venkat,
 thank you again for your precious help.
Here is my configuration :

==> 1 Ltsp server with one instance (installation) of
vmware
==> 20 ltsp clients.

What i want to do, is to use this only instance of
vmware for all clients!

But, the problem is that when i execute vmware on two
clients, i have mac adresses conflicts.


Here is my question : how have i to configure win98 on
vmware with my configuration?

I hope it pretty clear...

Kwame


 --- Venkat Manakkal <ve...@ma...> a écrit : >
Hi Kwame,
> 
> Glad to be of help. Also, I don't usually monitor
> list or list related 
> messages very often, so please understand if I don't
> respond immediately.
> 
> I do not understand why you have a MAC address
> conflict, unless you are 
> trying to boot a guest OS that has been run
> natively. If you give more 
> details, perhaps I can help. Also, this may not be
> the appropriate forum 
> for specific vmware related issues, although I
> suppose getting it working 
> under LTSP is.
> 
> So, say more about your error with exact details.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> ---Venkat.
> 
> At 11:21 AM 2/15/2002 +0100, kwame amedodji wrote:
> >Great !
> >Its exactely what i am loooking for...
> >
> >However, i have conflict with MAC adresse !
> >May be have i to deal with DHCP not with a fixes ip
> >addresses.
> >
> >Thanks you,
> >Kwame
> >
> >  --- Venkat Manakkal <ve...@ma...> a écrit
> : >
> >At 08:25 PM 2/14/2002 +0100, kwame amedodji wrote:
> > > >  Hi everybody,
> > > >
> > > >can i install at once vmware with WIN98SE for
> > > instance
> > > >on server and populate this to ltsp clients ?
> > > >
> > > >Thank you.
> > >
> > > I just got done installing vmware running on the
> > > server for Windows NT as
> > > the guest OS (since I replaced WinNT on the
> boxes
> > > with LTSP, I had a bunch
> > > of those licenses).
> > >
> > > Here are some notes. Use this as an outline
> only.
> > > YOU MUST BE AN
> > > EXPERIENCED SYSADMIN. These notes are to enable
> > > users on LTSP workstations
> > > to use windows applications under windows NT
> running
> > > in a window on vmware
> > > - in my case Mathcad.
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is what I had to do (I run RH 7.2 on the
> > > server):
> > >
> > > 1. Buy the vmware academic rate CD (since this
> is
> > > for a small classroom
> > > here) or obtain a trial license key.
> > >
> > > 2. Install the rpm (also available via download)
> > > using rpm -i
> > > VMware-version.rpm
> > >
> > > 3. Run the vmware-config.pl script as root, make
> > > appropriate selections.
> > > Modify /etc/dhcpd.conf as instructed by the
> script,
> > > restart dhcpd. vmware
> > > will run its own dhcp server for NAT for the
> virtual
> > > machines it manages. I
> > > choose NOT to use their samba server.
> > >
> > > 4. As root run vmware (I used NAT) and choose a
> > > location outside of /root
> > > for the new virtual disk (e.g. mkdir /vm and put
> > > your virtual disk under
> > > that)so that other users will be able to access
> it
> > > [read].
> > >
> > > 5. Install NT, Install vmware tools (video
> driver
> > > etc for NT), Sp6a, IE6,
> > > other s/w that you wish to run.
> > >
> > > 6. Create single user (under NT, eg.
> vmware-user)
> > > [with autologin (yet to
> > > figure that out, I forgot how)]
> > >
> > > 7. Copy the .vmware and contents to a regular
> users
> > > directory (i.e. cp -r
> > > /root/.vmware /home/user/; chown -R user:user
> > > /home/user/.vmware) - this
> > > step is needed otherwise you have to reenter the
> > > serial number
> > >
> > > 8. Login as regular user on LTSP terminal (NOT
> as
> > > root). Remove
> > > /home/user/.vmware/preferences.
> > >
> > > 9. Run vmware, in the wizard choose "use
> existing
> > > virtual disk" and point
> > > it at the install directory
> (/vm/winNT/winNT.vmdk
> > > for example)
> > >
> > > 10. Choose the configuration editor, and under
> SCSI
> > > set the disk to
> > > non-persistent, disable the floppy and cdrom,
> set
> > > the memory amount to
> > > something sane (I used 90MB for each VM, my
> server
> > > has 1.5GB This should
> > > work for about 10 clients.).
> > >
> > > 11. power up the VM, login as vmware-user see if
> > > things work as expected.
> > >
> > > 12. copy the resulting /home/user/.vmware and
> > > /home/user/vmware /to /tmp
> > > (cp -r .vmware /tmp; cp -r vmware /tmp.
> > >
> > > 13. Edit /tmp/.vmware/preferences and remove the
> > > /home/user/vmware/...cfg
> > > reference. Leave it as "". Vmware will not
> accept ~/
> > > or /home/$USER in the
> > > preferences file. Edit
> /tmp/vmware/winNT/winNT.cfg
> > > and replace /home/user/
> > > with /home/$USER/ (3 occurrences, if I remember
> > > right).
> > >
> > > 14. Use a script (as root) to copy these two
> > > directories to the home dir of
> > > every user on your machine, also put them in
> your
> > > /etc/skel directory so
> > > that all new users will automagically have the
> > > files. Eg:
> > >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > cd /home
> > > for i in *;do
> > >   (cd $i; (cd /tmp; tar cf - vmware)|tar xvf -)
> > >   (cd $i; (cd /tmp; tar cf - .vmware)|tar xvf -)
> > >   chown -R $i:$i $i
> > > done
> > >
> > > 15. Instruct every user  (username) when they
> start
> > > vmware to "use existing
> > > config" and point it at
> > > /home/username/vmware/winNT/winNT.cfg
> > >
> > > There does not seem to be a more elegant way. If
> > > someone out there has
> > > something, let me know. REMIND users that the C
> > > DRIVE is NONPERSISTENT.
> > > They should connect to a shared network drive to
> > > save any data. This
> > > outline should work for Win98 as well, you don't
> > > have to create a win98
> > > user that is all. Additionally you can install
> more
> > > software or make config
> > > changes as root. I set the disk to undoable in
> the
> > > root config, so I can
> > > throw away changes if an install fails or messes
> up
> > > the image. Make a
> > > backup of your virtual machine disk image
> directory.
> > > Its a pity that vmware
> > > express has been withdrawn...
> > >
> > > Enjoy,
> > >
> > > ---Venkat.
> > >
> > >
> 
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