Re: [gentoo-amd64] VMware Player on Gentoo question

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On 3/11/06, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/11/06, Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@decoulon.ch> wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 March 2006 19.57, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > Answering self:
> > >
> > > On 3/11/06, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 1) Does it matter?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > > 2) Is it possibly because of my chroot?
> > >
> > > Most probably yes.
> > >
> > > > I'll comtinue on and see how it goes.
> > >
> > > When you are running do you see new modules loaded? When I try to run
> > > insode the chroot I end up with this message:
> > >
> > > lightning portage # Parallels
> > > Module vm-main is not found! Parallels Workstation 2.0 is installed,
> > > but it has not been configured for your running kernel. To configure
> > > it please login as root and run Parallels-config. For more information
> > > see the INSTALL file in Parallels Workstation 2.0 documentation
> > > directory.
> > > lightning portage #
> > >
> > > Almost certainy this is beacuse of being the the chroot jail and not
> > > being able to load the module in the 64-bit environment I suppose.
> > >
> > > Ho humm......
> > >
> > > - Mark
> >
> > I'd say you are right.
> > I would suggest you send a message to parallels support. I did that to make
> > sure about the license number and got a very fast answer.
> >
> > This would confirm your hypothesis and make them aware there may be a market
> > for a 64 bit version...
> >
> > Thierry
> >
>
> Done. Thanks for the help. I'll report back when they answer. Most
> likely there is just no support, or maybe even some technical reason
> why we cannot run a 64-bit Linux install along side of a 32-bit
> Windows install. I've asked for some info on that. We'll see.
>
> QUESTION: Should I not (somehow) be able to boot my chrooted 32-bit
> environment instead of 64-bit as a grub option? I've not tried to do
> that on this machine. It's always run 64-bit from day 1.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>

As expected Parallels responded back this morning that they have no
support for 64-bit machines at this time. Their schedule is second
half 2006 so that could be 3 months or it could be 9 months. We'll
see...

Thanks for the help so far.

Cheers,
Mark

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