[gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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Hello Everyone,

I am having no luck at all trying to emerge vmware-server 1.0.9 using kernel
.30 r5. I know vmware 2 can be instlled easily using layman but I do not
want that clunker on this 16 core server. The show must go on... what is my
safest bet XEN? I need an emulator that can handle running mutliper virtual
machines at once. I need something that is as stable as possible. Any
suggestion? For those who may have some advice regarding the vmware-server
error I am getting here it is, however; I am starting to lose fate in vmwre
1.0.9:


  The die message:
 *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=   auto-build VMWARE_VER=VME_S1B1
KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r5/build


Thanks in Advnaced,
Ninus

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am having no luck at all trying to emerge vmware-server 1.0.9 using
>  kernel .30 r5. I know vmware 2 can be instlled easily using layman but I
>  do not want that clunker on this 16 core server. The show must go on...
>  what is my safest bet XEN? I need an emulator that can handle running
>  mutliper virtual machines at once. I need something that is as stable as
>  possible. Any suggestion? For those who may have some advice regarding the
>  vmware-server error I am getting here it is, however; I am starting to
>  lose fate in vmwre 1.0.9:
> 
> 
>   The die message:
>  *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=   auto-build VMWARE_VER=VME_S1B1
> KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r5/build
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advnaced,
> Ninus
> 

virtualbox?

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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I was thinking XEN how will that par up compared to virtualbox?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nick Khamis wrote:
> I was thinking XEN how will that par up compared to virtualbox?
> 


I don't know. I never tried xen and I try to stay away from it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Xi Shen]

xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard
it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports.

if you like vmware, why do not try vmware-server 2.0. it is in the
overlay, and it works very well for me.


On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Volker Armin
Hemmann<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nick Khamis wrote:
>> I was thinking XEN how will that par up compared to virtualbox?
>>
>
>
> I don't know. I never tried xen and I try to stay away from it.
>
>



-- 
Best Regards,
David Shen

http://twitter.com/davidshen84

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[William Kenworthy]

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 02:40 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nick Khamis wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > I am having no luck at all trying to emerge vmware-server 1.0.9 using
> >  kernel .30 r5. I know vmware 2 can be instlled easily using layman but I
> >  do not want that clunker on this 16 core server. The show must go on...
> >  what is my safest bet XEN? I need an emulator that can handle running
> >  mutliper virtual machines at once. I need something that is as stable as
> >  possible. Any suggestion? For those who may have some advice regarding the
> >  vmware-server error I am getting here it is, however; I am starting to
> >  lose fate in vmwre 1.0.9:
> > 
> > 
> >   The die message:
> >  *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> > CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=   auto-build VMWARE_VER=VME_S1B1
> > KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r5/build
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks in Advnaced,
> > Ninus
> > 
> 
> virtualbox?
> 

I was/am using 2 instances of VB on a dual core on gentoo with fedora
inside - works well, though loading is mostly light but I have run some
tests with heavy loads and nothing broke.  Mostly used to offer snmp
access for students to test against.

Last year I ran vmware player and that was ok, but a real pain with the
vmware-tools, module support and lagging kernel support creating
"issues".  This year I gave up trying to get it to upgrade and run after
2-3 days work - installed VB and was in operation soon after.  VB
upgrades just seem to work.

I have qemu (with kqemu) at home, VB, and vmware machines at work - qemu
is the easiest to manage, but VB isnt far behind, and seems fastest with
best feature set.  Cloning is a bit more involved than vmware - export
and reload under a different name rather than just copy, but it works.
I am seriously considering dropping vmware at work due to its continual,
ongoing pain ...

Not relevant here is it also has Mac versions - there is no free Mac
vmware-player.  Been using vmware on gentoo for windows and linux
variants since version 1 ...

BillK


-- 
William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
Home in Perth!

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Albert Hopkins]

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 13:58 +0800, Xi Shen wrote:
> xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard
> it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports.
> 
Both statements are so very far from the truth:

Firstly, PV Xen guests require no hardware virtualization support, run
at near-native performance and require very little resources from the
host since it doesn't have to "emulate" hardware.  Secondly you can run
*many* PV-enabled OS's but not Windows.  Windows is actually one of the
guests that you can't run para-virtualized and for that you *do* need
virtualization support in the hardware.

> if you like vmware, why do not try vmware-server 2.0. it is in the
> overlay, and it works very well for me.

But what I don't understand is, why aren't people using
KVM/virt-manager*?   It's smaller and faster than VMWare Server, at
least the last time I used VMWare.  Since switching to KVM I haven't
looked back.


* KVM does require hardware virtualization support, but since 2006 I
haven't purchased a machine that *didn't* have support for it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Alan McKinnon]

On Saturday 05 September 2009 07:58:22 Xi Shen wrote:
> xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard
> it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports.

This is utterly and completely wrong on so many levels it doesn't deserve an 
explanation.

Just forget you ever heard that statement.

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Xi Shen]

haha, some one has found that my english is not very good. sorry, i
made the sentence too short, and did not made myself clear.

of course i know the PV thing about xen. but for many people who want
to use virtualization on linux, they want to run windows on it too,
especially for linux desktop usage.

yes, kvm is very fast and small. but i still choose vmware, because my
old machine does not support VT. ;(
if you have a old machine, and you want to run windows on it, i think
linux+vmware-server is really a good solution.


On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 05 September 2009 07:58:22 Xi Shen wrote:
>> xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard
>> it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports.
>
> This is utterly and completely wrong on so many levels it doesn't deserve an
> explanation.
>
> Just forget you ever heard that statement.
>
> --
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>



-- 
Best Regards,
David Shen

http://twitter.com/davidshen84

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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Hey Guys,

I really apperciate your help but as it sits I am unable to compile
vmware-server 1.x or XEN. I have attached the build log. Basically I know I
can larman the new version of vmware-server2 but I heard it is a clunker. I
really need to get virtual servers up on the server before I get fired ;) :)
lol.

Thanks in Advanced,
Ninus

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[gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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Hello Group,

I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem but I am unable to
emerge vmware-server or xen. the error I am experioencing is attached at a
the build.log.


Environment: x86, 2.6.30-r5

Your Help is Greatly Appreciated,
Ninus

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Michael Higgins]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:21:57 +0000
Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem

LOL!!!


-- Michael Higgins

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Alan McKinnon]

On Saturday 05 September 2009 19:21:57 Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hello Group,
> 
> I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem

So you are being accidentally persistent then? And not doing it deliberately?

> but I am unable to
> emerge vmware-server or xen. the error I am experioencing is attached at a
> the build.log.
> 
> 
> Environment: x86, 2.6.30-r5
> 
> Your Help is Greatly Appreciated,

Why are you trying to use an old vmware version on the almost very latest 
kernel version? If you know anything about the kernel development process and 
the vmware development/release process, you will know that what you are trying 
to do is just never ever going to work.

SO STOP TRYING!!

Do one of these options:

1. Use latest unstable vmware with the last unstable kernel that builds
2. Use stable vmware with latest stable kernel that builds

There is no third option. Stop looking for one.

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to only
vmware, what about XEN,  VirtualBox etc...


Thanks In Advnaced,
Ninus.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[David Snider]

On Sep 5, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Nick Khamis wrote:

> Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to  
> only vmware, what about XEN,  VirtualBox etc...
>
>
> Thanks In Advnaced,
> Ninus.


VMWare 2.x is your best bet....

Sat Sep  5 14:19:26 2009
dsnider@cabernet ~
$ eix -I vmware-server; eix -I vmware-modules; uname -r
[I] app-emulation/vmware-server
      Available versions:  [m]1.0.8.126538!s [m]1.0.9.156507!s  
[m]1.0.9.156507!s[1] ~2.0.1.156745!s ~2.0.1.156745!s[1] ~2.0.1.156745- 
r1!s (~)2.0.1.156745-r2!s
      Installed versions:  2.0.1.156745-r2!s(10:41:00 09/01/09)
      Homepage:            http://www.vmware.com/
      Description:         VMware Server for Linux

[1] "vmware" /usr/portage/local/layman/vmware
[I] app-emulation/vmware-modules
      Available versions:  [m]1.0.0.15-r1 [m]1.0.0.15-r2 [m]1.0.0.15- 
r2[1] 1.0.0.23 ~1.0.0.23-r1 1.0.0.23-r1[1] (~)1.0.0.24 ~1.0.0.25  
{kernel_linux}
      Installed versions:  1.0.0.24(22:31:31 09/01/09)(kernel_linux)
      Homepage:            http://www.vmware.com/
      Description:         Modules for Vmware Programs

[1] "vmware" /usr/portage/local/layman/vmware
2.6.30-gentoo-r4

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:17:30 +0000, Nick Khamis wrote:

> Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to
> only vmware, what about XEN,  VirtualBox etc...

VMware Workstation and VirtualBox work with ~gentoo-sources-2.6.30 here.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a
warning to others.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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Hey Neil,

I tried to compile virtualbox using intructions here "
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/VirtualBox". And it was unsuccesful, I have
attached the build.log


Regards,
Ninus.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

On 09/05/2009 01:59 PM, Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hey Neil,
>
> I tried to compile virtualbox using intructions here
> "http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/VirtualBox". And it was unsuccesful, I
> have attached the build.log

As I said in a different thread, that version of virtualbox-modules will
build successfully against kernels *older* than 2.6.29.

I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest
machine with hardware virtualization support.

I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary package from:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
(choose the "All distributions" package) and run it, which will also
build and install the vbox kernel modules automatically.

It's very easy, quick, and simple. It even comes with an uninstall
script if you don't like it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[William Kenworthy]

Basicly, you dont have a chance - 2.6.30 is incompatible with legacy
vmware.  Each vmware version builds against only a restricted range of
kernels, and usually lags a few versions behind even with the latest.

Your choices are:
1. downgrade the kernel to something compatible with your vmware version
2. upgrade your vmware to something that builds against a later kernel.
3. as vmware sells licenced, commercial versions, pay them to fix it for
you.

BillK



On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 13:45 +0000, Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> I really apperciate your help but as it sits I am unable to compile
> vmware-server 1.x or XEN. I have attached the build log. Basically I
> know I can larman the new version of vmware-server2 but I heard it is
> a clunker. I really need to get virtual servers up on the server
> before I get fired ;) :) lol.
> 
> Thanks in Advanced,
> Ninus
-- 
William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
Home in Perth!

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[7v5w7go9ub0o]

walt wrote:
[]

> 
> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it. 
> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my
> newest machine with hardware virtualization support.
> 

Some questions, please:

1. How would you contrast these two packages for "security" use?

(I'm planning on setting up a server on my desktop, and would think
running it in a VM would be appropriate)

2. Should someone get a shell in either of these VM clients, would they
even be able to determine that they're not on hardware (using full
virtualization)?

3. Do the VMs see themselves as being on a LAN (e.g. 192.168.x.x), or do
they actually share the hardware with the host?

4. Do you communicate with them via, e.g. SSH and/or X?

Thank You (been hoping to find someone who knew both VB and KVM :-) )

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Nick Khamis]

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1) Security is for exploiting
2) If they are well versed on the drivers that virtualization technologies
use, then yes they can tell they are on a virtual machine and not on
dedicated server.
3) You can bridge network connection "physically on the network" minus the
nic of course
4) Virtualization servers "VMware, VirtualBox" offer clients to connect to
the servers, ssh, sftp is also possible as is done with regular servers.

Regards,
Ninus

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

On 09/06/2009 09:38 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote:
> walt wrote:
> []
>
>>
>> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
>> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my
>> newest machine with hardware virtualization support.
>>
>
> Some questions, please:
>
> 1. How would you contrast these two packages for "security" use?
>
> (I'm planning on setting up a server on my desktop, and would think
> running it in a VM would be appropriate)
>
> 2. Should someone get a shell in either of these VM clients, would they
> even be able to determine that they're not on hardware (using full
> virtualization)?
>
> 3. Do the VMs see themselves as being on a LAN (e.g. 192.168.x.x), or do
> they actually share the hardware with the host?
>
> 4. Do you communicate with them via, e.g. SSH and/or X?

I'm not a computer professional, so I'm not the best one to give advice
about security.  I can tell you that both vbox and kvm are built on top
of a qemu base so they share a lot of code.

The principal advantage for vbox is its nice gui interface to the massive
list of qemu command-line options, and its highly optimized virtual graphics
driver, which is what make vbox faster than kvm.

If you don't need the fancy fast graphics driver (for your server) then
it's just about a tossup between the two, both being based on qemu.(Oh,
but vbox is very fast even without hardware virtualization support, and
kvm isn't.)

Networking is anywhere between trivial and a nightmare, depending on what
you need it to do.  Both by default "just work" when a guest is talking to
the internet via your host machine, but then it's difficult communicating
with the guest locally.  There are ways to do bridging, firewalling, making
a virtual lan between guests, and lots of fancy stuff, but then you really
need to know how to use all those fancy options (which I don't).

I use both of them to run Windows guests using the default network settings
(no custom configuration whatever) and I use samba on the host to share files
with the guests, which is very easy.

I suspect that running a virtual server might require some network tweaking
to make a decent job of it, but I'm only guessing.

I hope some experts can add to or correct the above.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Joshua Murphy]

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM, walt<w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/06/2009 09:38 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote:
>>
>> walt wrote:
>> []
>>
>>>
>>> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
>>> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my
>>> newest machine with hardware virtualization support.
>>>
>>
>> Some questions, please:
>>
>> 1. How would you contrast these two packages for "security" use?
>>
>> (I'm planning on setting up a server on my desktop, and would think
>> running it in a VM would be appropriate)
>>
>> 2. Should someone get a shell in either of these VM clients, would they
>> even be able to determine that they're not on hardware (using full
>> virtualization)?
>>
>> 3. Do the VMs see themselves as being on a LAN (e.g. 192.168.x.x), or do
>> they actually share the hardware with the host?
>>
>> 4. Do you communicate with them via, e.g. SSH and/or X?
>
> I'm not a computer professional, so I'm not the best one to give advice
> about security.  I can tell you that both vbox and kvm are built on top
> of a qemu base so they share a lot of code.
>
> The principal advantage for vbox is its nice gui interface to the massive
> list of qemu command-line options, and its highly optimized virtual graphics
> driver, which is what make vbox faster than kvm.
>
> If you don't need the fancy fast graphics driver (for your server) then
> it's just about a tossup between the two, both being based on qemu.(Oh,
> but vbox is very fast even without hardware virtualization support, and
> kvm isn't.)
>
> Networking is anywhere between trivial and a nightmare, depending on what
> you need it to do.  Both by default "just work" when a guest is talking to
> the internet via your host machine, but then it's difficult communicating
> with the guest locally.  There are ways to do bridging, firewalling, making
> a virtual lan between guests, and lots of fancy stuff, but then you really
> need to know how to use all those fancy options (which I don't).
>
> I use both of them to run Windows guests using the default network settings
> (no custom configuration whatever) and I use samba on the host to share
> files
> with the guests, which is very easy.
>
> I suspect that running a virtual server might require some network tweaking
> to make a decent job of it, but I'm only guessing.
>
> I hope some experts can add to or correct the above.

Well, not an expert by any measure here, but I have been using Vbox
for about a year (with a variety of both hosts and guests), and I will
mention that networking with it is an absolute breeze 9 out of 10
times. Bridged connections, internal networks (client to client
visible only, great for hosting mysql on one guest and apache on
another), host-only (internal with a virtual connection into it on the
host, only worked with this on Windows hosts), NATed connections
through the host (not optimal for servers, but the default and great
for initial builds and 'simple' work with a guest). I also run 3-4
guests at a time with no problem on my meager little Core 2 duo,
3.0ghz, 4gb ram.

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote:

> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest
> machine with hardware virtualization support.
>
> I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary package from:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
> (choose the "All distributions" package) and run it, which will also
> build and install the vbox kernel modules automatically.
>
> It's very easy, quick, and simple. It even comes with an uninstall
> script if you don't like it.

I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so I 
can't install a client.

I may try installing it on my local server and see if that's any better.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote:
>
>> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
>> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest
>> machine with hardware virtualization support.
>>
>> I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary package from:
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
>> (choose the "All distributions" package) and run it, which will also
>> build and install the vbox kernel modules automatically.
>>
>> It's very easy, quick, and simple. It even comes with an uninstall
>> script if you don't like it.
>
> I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so I
> can't install a client.

Hm, never tried that.  The reason is that I've always just used an iso file
'mounted' on the virtual machine's CD/DVD player to install a guest.  Most
open-source OS's supply the install disk in the form of an iso file, and
to install Windows I create an iso file from the original CD/DVD first.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Peter Humphrey]

On Monday 07 September 2009 22:29:31 walt wrote:
> On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so
> > I can't install a client.
>
> Hm, never tried that.  The reason is that I've always just used an iso
> file 'mounted' on the virtual machine's CD/DVD player to install a guest.
>  Most open-source OS's supply the install disk in the form of an iso
> file, and to install Windows I create an iso file from the original
> CD/DVD first.

The trouble is that there isn't a CD or DVD player on the vm at all; 
only /dev/fd0, which isn't a lot of use to me.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

[Paul Hartman]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Nick Khamis<symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I really apperciate your help but as it sits I am unable to compile
> vmware-server 1.x or XEN. I have attached the build log. Basically I know I
> can larman the new version of vmware-server2 but I heard it is a clunker. I
> really need to get virtual servers up on the server before I get fired ;) :)
> lol.

Hi,

vmware is very touchy when it comes to the kernel version you're
using. If you want to use an older vmware you should use an older
kernel, too. If you want to use the newest kernels you should use
vmware overlay and emerge the latest vmware stuff. :) At least that's
my experience with it.

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

On 09/08/2009 08:16 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Monday 07 September 2009 22:29:31 walt wrote:
>> On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>>> I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so
>>> I can't install a client.
>>
>> Hm, never tried that.  The reason is that I've always just used an iso
>> file 'mounted' on the virtual machine's CD/DVD player to install a guest.
>>   Most open-source OS's supply the install disk in the form of an iso
>> file, and to install Windows I create an iso file from the original
>> CD/DVD first.
>
> The trouble is that there isn't a CD or DVD player on the vm at all;
> only /dev/fd0, which isn't a lot of use to me.

You've confused me there.  We're talking about VirtualBox, right? Every
time I create a new virtual machine it automatically has a virtual CD/DVD
player on which I can mount ISO files.  Just tell vbox which ISO image you
want mounted on the virtual CD player and start the vm.

Are you seeing something very different at your end?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Peter Humphrey]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 18:56:50 walt wrote:

> Are you seeing something very different at your end?

Yes. I've created just one VM (this is on my KDE-4 test system). On the 
Details tab I get a list of configuration variables with their values. 
Under CD/DVD ROM I have "Mount CD/DVD drive" selected, and the "Host CD/DVD 
drive" drop-down box contains just the one entry: /dev/fd0.

That's why I said I can't install a guest OS - the VM can't read the 
installation CD. Have I to make an ISO from the CD and mount that? Seems 
like a bit of a roundabout route if so.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

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On 09/09/2009 05:35 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 September 2009 18:56:50 walt wrote:
>
>> Are you seeing something very different at your end?
>
> Yes. I've created just one VM (this is on my KDE-4 test system). On the
> Details tab I get a list of configuration variables with their values.
> Under CD/DVD ROM I have "Mount CD/DVD drive" selected, and the "Host CD/DVD
> drive" drop-down box contains just the one entry: /dev/fd0.
>
> That's why I said I can't install a guest OS - the VM can't read the
> installation CD. Have I to make an ISO from the CD and mount that? Seems
> like a bit of a roundabout route if so.

I'm attaching a screen capture of the dialog window I see when mounting an
ISO file on the vm's virtual CD player.  If you are seeing something very
different, then that's where we need to start debugging.

I hope this group doesn't object to binary attachments -- it's fairly small.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[J. Roeleveld]

On Wednesday 09 September 2009 14:35:41 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 September 2009 18:56:50 walt wrote:
> > Are you seeing something very different at your end?
>
> Yes. I've created just one VM (this is on my KDE-4 test system). On the
> Details tab I get a list of configuration variables with their values.
> Under CD/DVD ROM I have "Mount CD/DVD drive" selected, and the "Host CD/DVD
> drive" drop-down box contains just the one entry: /dev/fd0.
>
> That's why I said I can't install a guest OS - the VM can't read the
> installation CD. Have I to make an ISO from the CD and mount that? Seems
> like a bit of a roundabout route if so.

In addition to the screenshot, using Linux it's very easy to create an ISO-file 
from an existing CD/DVD.
I always do it with:
# cp /dev/cdrom <path-to>/bladiebla.iso
(change paths / names as appropriate)

No need to install additional software to do this and I have succesfully used 
this to create ISO images from MS Windows install media as well for use with 
both VirtualBox and VMWare.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Peter Humphrey]

On Thursday 10 September 2009 02:31:20 walt wrote:

> I'm attaching a screen capture of the dialog window I see when mounting
> an ISO file on the vm's virtual CD player.  If you are seeing something
> very different, then that's where we need to start debugging.

Ah! Are you telling me I have to install the additions before /dev/hdc 
becomes visible? (That would also be one of my physical drives.) I had 
assumed they were for addition to an installed guest OS.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[Peter Humphrey]

On Thursday 10 September 2009 09:45:46 J. Roeleveld wrote:

> In addition to the screenshot, using Linux it's very easy to create an
> ISO-file from an existing CD/DVD.
> I always do it with:
> # cp /dev/cdrom <path-to>/bladiebla.iso
> (change paths / names as appropriate)
>
> No need to install additional software to do this and I have succesfully
> used this to create ISO images from MS Windows install media as well for
> use with both VirtualBox and VMWare.

This is indeed strange - to make an ISO of a CD-ROM and install from that. 
I'll try it and see what happens. Thanks to you and Walt.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[J. Roeleveld]

On Thursday 10 September 2009 12:04:52 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Thursday 10 September 2009 09:45:46 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > In addition to the screenshot, using Linux it's very easy to create an
> > ISO-file from an existing CD/DVD.
> > I always do it with:
> > # cp /dev/cdrom <path-to>/bladiebla.iso
> > (change paths / names as appropriate)
> >
> > No need to install additional software to do this and I have succesfully
> > used this to create ISO images from MS Windows install media as well for
> > use with both VirtualBox and VMWare.
>
> This is indeed strange - to make an ISO of a CD-ROM and install from that.
> I'll try it and see what happens. Thanks to you and Walt.

This is an easy way to install software that, when unpacked, is larger then a 
DVD, but don't want to copy it to the local drive every time.
I have a few ISO-images of around 14Gig with software on it. Just connect that 
to the virtual machine and install from there. :)

--
Joost

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

[walt]

On 09/10/2009 03:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Thursday 10 September 2009 02:31:20 walt wrote:
>
>> I'm attaching a screen capture of the dialog window I see when mounting
>> an ISO file on the vm's virtual CD player.  If you are seeing something
>> very different, then that's where we need to start debugging.
>
> Ah! Are you telling me I have to install the additions before /dev/hdc
> becomes visible? (That would also be one of my physical drives.) I had
> assumed they were for addition to an installed guest OS.

No, that's the iso I just happened to have attached to that vm -- it has
no effect on the host.  But my CD player does show up in the dialog box,
so I have no idea why yours doesn't.