On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 22:25, ethan zimmerman wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting VMware installed on my redhat 8.0 box. Here's
> the summary of what's happening (as I understand it).
>
> -I run install script
> -VMware says that none of it's pre-compiled modules will work with my
> current kernel, and asks if I want it to compile one for me
> -I say yes
> -VMware says I looked here (/usr/src/linux/include) for a directory of C
> header files but didn't find any. would you mind telling me were they are.
> -I take an educated guess and tell it /usr/include
> -VMware says that the directory of kernel headers version doesn't match
> my kernel version
> -I get confused because I'm a newbie
Run uname to get the version of the running kernel. Looks like from your
message it is 2.4.18-14.
$ uname -r
2.4.18-14
Grab the kernel source. The correct kernel source will have the
appropriate header files. I imagine there is an rpm with the 2.4.18(-4)
kernel source. I would recommend trying http://www.rpmfind.net . Or grab
the 2.4.18 kernel source from:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
Untar in /usr/src and create a symbolic link from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18
to /usr/src/linux.
$ tar xzf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
$ ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux
Rerun the vmware script.
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