[Mactel-linux-users] Getting vmware running

[Barry B. <ba...@dc...>]

hi chaps,

Thanks to gimli's work i've been happily booting into linux for a few  
days now - great!  Getting it running on an external hard disk isn't  
quite a userland experience yet though - i tried it through the  
ubuntu install cd (Alessio Caiazza's idea)and it complains about  
incompatibility between its modules and gimli's kernel, and then  
dumps out on trying to set the clock.  Trying to copy gimli's livecd  
over to my HD didn't work either (it dies while booting) and although  
pivot_root should work but i get a "device in use' error.  Obviously  
beyond a mere user like me...

Anyhow: I actually have another question - has anyone got vmware  
running?  It needs the kernel headers files (/usr/src/linux) so as to  
be able to compile a kernel module, but i can't get the ubuntu ones  
to work (different version from gimli's kernel).  Any ideas where i  
might get the 2.6.16-rc5 kernel headers so i can get vmware to work?   
I'd like to avoid compiling my own kernel actually because - well -  
frankly, i'm a script kiddie...

all the best,
barry