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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: strange one with gentoo guest in vmware
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:06:46 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wryap2ih.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87aav6r2br.fsf@newsguy.com

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I'm trying to get a gentoo guest running in vmware app on windowsxp.
>
> I just installed a prebuilt appliance (gentoo 2008) and am now
> updating it.
>
> I got the kernel rebuilt and updated to 2.6.32-r5 and rebooted into
> that.
>
> I now have all uppercase at the cmdline.  The actual keyboard is not
> in uppercase mode... and oddly the gentoo install apparently is not
> seeing uppercase at the cmdline since cmds that are supposed to be in
> lower case all work.

[...]

Never mind... I've trashed that bagvapp gentoo appliance and built my
vmware gentoo guest from livecd.

  I tried the (now aged) bagvapp vmware gentoo appliance because I've
  had big troubles in the past getting a kernel to boot inside vmware.
  I thought it might be easier to update the bagvapp appliance.

  This time, after piddling with the latest kernel, I got it to boot
  right on the first try .... (chest swelling to new dimensions)
  But that Uppercase thing was a corker...




      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-18 23:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-18 15:27 [gentoo-user] strange one with gentoo guest in vmware Harry Putnam
2010-02-18 22:37 ` Stroller
2010-02-18 23:06 ` Harry Putnam [this message]

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