On 10/26/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The problem is now isolated: the kernel was not installed by 'rpm -i > > kernel*'. Now, how can I install it from outside? Through the rescue > > mode? > > Hum, that's a pretty tricky situation! > > I think what I would try first, if I had the right kernel RPMs kicking > around, would be to use rpm's --root. So from your FC4 system > > rpm -i --root /mnt/fc6 /path/to/kernel*.rpm > > In theory this should do the deed as if /mnt/fc6 was at /, at least, it > should use the rpm database in /mnt/fc6/var/lib/rpm and does a chroot > before running any scriptlets. > > Anyway I would try it first, not least to find out if it really can do > the deed. I had the same issue trying to get VMware Workstation 5.5.2 installed. The Anaconda kernel bug got me hosed up pretty well for a sec. Here's what I did to fix this (I can't guarantee the safety of method - try at your own risk): 1) Downloaded the i686 RPM versions of kernel and kernel-devel from one of the mirror sites 2) Performed a *force* upgrade of the kernel: rpm -Uvh --force kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm 3) Deleted the existing kernel-devel (to get rid of the i586 stuff): rpm -e kernel-devel (also make sure that the i586 version of the development stuff located under /usr/src/kernels is gone) 4) Installed the i686 version of kernel-devel: rpm -ivh kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm 5) Rebooted the system with the new kernel - the force upgrade removes the i586 kernel and installes the i686 kernel. It also should update grub.conf for you. Once all of this was done, I was able to successfully install and configure VMware Workstation 5.5.2 (build 29772) without needing any patches. I would expect the same will be true for VMware Server.
Thanks, Chris. There is a perhaps safer workaround, although I am sure whether it is the most efficient one: 1. keep the same kernel; 2. download the i586 kernel-devel; 3. install it; 4. run vmware-config.pl . And that is all. Paul
