How do I install Windows Home Server in VMware Workstation? | Virtualization Coach | TechRepublic.com: "How do I install Windows Home Server in VMware Workstation?"
I started trying to install Windows Home Server in VMware Server 2.0 and ran into a lot of issues. Even when following parts of the above link and then thinking I had the rest... nope. It bit me in the ass again. So I went back to the link and followed through again from where I left off... sure enough, I missed a step.
Thank GOODNESS TechRepublic and, more importantly, Steven Warren wrote this thing up!! Granted, it's for VMware Workstation, but it works just as well for VMware Server.
My whole thing, aside from the version I'm trying out being a 120 Day Trial, is that I have an older Dell Server that is pretty decent still. It has 4GB of RAM and a 2.26GHz XEON CPU with HyperThreading. So, from a server perspective... at least for my personal needs, it's pretty solid even if it *is* a little long in the tooth. So I was thinking I may need to install WHS in a VM in order to still use my server for other server stuff, especially running VMware for testing out other things.
Well, my install of WHS has finished and it turns out that it's essentially Windows 2003 Server and you *can* get to the console. I tried installing VMware Server on it, but I forgot you can't install VMware inside a VM. However, WHS didn't seem to care at all, so I'm thinking that I may actually be able to run WHS as my main OS and not lose the rest of my server's capabilities and resources.
I will certainly be posting more as I learn more and use WHS, but my thought was this: For my own personal needs, W2K8 Server is simply too much and obviously overly complex for the simple things I want to accomplish. WHS seems to do ALL of the things I want to do with a home server, but I was worried I would lose the ability to use VMware and test new operating systems, etc... after all, I *am* still a geek, and I *do* need to be able to mess around, but I didn't want to have to try and blunder through W2K8 to make it an unsecured file server... besides, I haven't found an easy way to attach a 360 to my W2K8 server to serve up media... and WHS supposedly does that in spades (we'll see).
See ya on the flip side.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Howto: Install VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.10 (Part 2) at x86 Virtualization
Howto: Install VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.10 (Part 2) at x86 Virtualization:
"[Optional Steps]
Remove CD from repository list:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Once inside of VI, hit i to be in insert mode, scroll down to deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ …. and add # to the beginning of the line. hit esc, then :x to save and exit"
There are other good tips on here, but this one is huge for anyone running a Linux server that you are not near to put in the CD whenever you try to do an apt-get that wants to pull something off the CD. ;-)
*********UPDATE*************
Okay, I have my Ubuntu 7.10 server installed without X11, and therefore could NOT complete the configuration of VMware Server!! I couldn't find anywhere that says X11 is a requirement of VMware Server.
Anyway, it would throw up a list of the libraries I was missing and it took me FOREVER to find a post that gave me some good information to go on.
FIRST, install "apt-file" by typing: sudo apt-get install apt-file.
Second, update apt-file by typing: sudo apt-file update (this will take a long time as it is reading the package contents of all the packages it can find from your apt sources.list locations).
Third, look for a library/file by typing: sudo apt-file find.
Fourth, run apt-get install and the name of the package/s you need.
Once I resolved all the missing libraries the config went smooth as butter. I'm guessing this wouldn't be a problem on a workstation or server install that has X11 installed and configed.
What a PITA!
***********UPDATE************* (3/4/08)
While the above worked for me, I figured there must be an easier way. I found this bit of apt-get code that may have worked for me if I had tried it. It's too late now, but for anyone else and for my future use.
The previous apt-get command that I kept finding and trying had a package that was not valid for my version of Ubuntu (7.10)... I believe it was for v.7.04 or even earlier.
"[Optional Steps]
Remove CD from repository list:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Once inside of VI, hit i to be in insert mode, scroll down to deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ …. and add # to the beginning of the line. hit esc, then :x to save and exit"
There are other good tips on here, but this one is huge for anyone running a Linux server that you are not near to put in the CD whenever you try to do an apt-get that wants to pull something off the CD. ;-)
*********UPDATE*************
Okay, I have my Ubuntu 7.10 server installed without X11, and therefore could NOT complete the configuration of VMware Server!! I couldn't find anywhere that says X11 is a requirement of VMware Server.
Anyway, it would throw up a list of the libraries I was missing and it took me FOREVER to find a post that gave me some good information to go on.
FIRST, install "apt-file" by typing: sudo apt-get install apt-file.
Second, update apt-file by typing: sudo apt-file update (this will take a long time as it is reading the package contents of all the packages it can find from your apt sources.list locations).
Third, look for a library/file by typing: sudo apt-file find
Fourth, run apt-get install and the name of the package/s you need.
Once I resolved all the missing libraries the config went smooth as butter. I'm guessing this wouldn't be a problem on a workstation or server install that has X11 installed and configed.
What a PITA!
***********UPDATE************* (3/4/08)
While the above worked for me, I figured there must be an easier way. I found this bit of apt-get code that may have worked for me if I had tried it. It's too late now, but for anyone else and for my future use.
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential
The previous apt-get command that I kept finding and trying had a package that was not valid for my version of Ubuntu (7.10)... I believe it was for v.7.04 or even earlier.
How to Install Vmware Server in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) -- Ubuntu Geek
How to Install Vmware Server in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) -- Ubuntu Geek:
I'm using this how-to to install VMware server on my Gutsy server. So far so good. ;-)
*********UPDATE*************
Okay, I have my Ubuntu 7.10 server installed without X11, and therefore could NOT complete the configuration of VMware Server!! I couldn't find anywhere that says X11 is a requirement of VMware Server.
Anyway, it would throw up a list of the libraries I was missing and it took me FOREVER to find a post that gave me some good information to go on.
FIRST, install "apt-file" by typing: sudo apt-get install apt-file.
Second, update apt-file by typing: sudo apt-file update (this will take a long time as it is reading the package contents of all the packages it can find from your apt sources.list locations).
Third, look for a library/file by typing: sudo apt-file find.
Fourth, run apt-get install and the name of the package/s you need.
Once I resolved all the missing libraries the config went smooth as butter. I'm guessing this wouldn't be a problem on a workstation or server install that has X11 installed and configed.
What a PITA!
I'm using this how-to to install VMware server on my Gutsy server. So far so good. ;-)
*********UPDATE*************
Okay, I have my Ubuntu 7.10 server installed without X11, and therefore could NOT complete the configuration of VMware Server!! I couldn't find anywhere that says X11 is a requirement of VMware Server.
Anyway, it would throw up a list of the libraries I was missing and it took me FOREVER to find a post that gave me some good information to go on.
FIRST, install "apt-file" by typing: sudo apt-get install apt-file.
Second, update apt-file by typing: sudo apt-file update (this will take a long time as it is reading the package contents of all the packages it can find from your apt sources.list locations).
Third, look for a library/file by typing: sudo apt-file find
Fourth, run apt-get install and the name of the package/s you need.
Once I resolved all the missing libraries the config went smooth as butter. I'm guessing this wouldn't be a problem on a workstation or server install that has X11 installed and configed.
What a PITA!
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