> > > I'm a bit dismayed that VMware is not playing a more active role in > > making the scripts necessary to get their product to run on Fedora. > > Afterall Fedora eventually rolls over into a Red Hat server offering. > > > The issue is more the rate at which Fedora changes the kernel, the > Vmware installation process requires (as you discvered) a build > against the kernel sources. Vmware make their code work with the > latest kernels being used in various distributions at the time the > Vmware release is done. > > Some distributions keep the same kernel throughout their life (e.g. > typically server/commercial distributions) for just this reason, > things like Vmware are supported only against certain kernel versions. > > Other distributions (like Fedora) stay on the 'bleeding edge' and > update the kernel frequently, Vmware releases don't keep up with these > changes. > > If you want a 'safe' place to be for sensitive software to run you > want to use a more stable distribution than Fedora. > I agree...I was just sniveling a bit. Dave McGuffey Principal Information System Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM SAIC, IISBU, Columbia, MD
