[content-discuss] [docs-discuss] Preliminary Draft for VMware Article Update

[Bill Rushmore]

Eric Lowe wrote:
>> warning that should be mentioned. At the time of writing the latest
>> builds of OpenSolaris does not appear to boot on VMware ESX. The last
>> build that I know of that still works is build 57. This is problem is
>> being addressed by the Sun Engineers so hopefully by the time you read
>> this it will be working. If not you will can still use VMware
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> Any idea who is working on this and what the issue is (bug#, etc)?
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I submitted a bug, 6583067.  But from what I have been told from Bonnie 
it is listed as a dup to 6580780.  But that is in the Sun internal bug 
database so I know know much about it.  But what I do know is that 
according to 6580780 it will work if you let the boot up go for an hour 
or so.  But I haven't been able to get it to boot at all, even letting 
it try all night long.  I could help debug this more if needed but 
unfortunately I really don't know how to get in touch with anyone who is 
working on this.

>> then for you probably will want to install the tools. However, since
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> Note also if you run Server and use VNC for virtual machine console access, you must install the tools if you want the mouse to work.
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Thank you!  This is exactly the type of info I am looking for.


Bill
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