HOWTO: Install Windows XP/2000 in VMWare Player

[reedlaw]

I used the defaults for all of the questions in the VMWare Player install, but I can't get networking working in my virtual Windows. Do I need to assign an IP address to the virtual machine? If so, what is my gateway IP address?

[BLTicklemonster]

So, I will attempt this later, but in the meantime, allow me to ask the one central question that will determine whether I will actually do this or not:


If I do this, will I be able to run ANY app that windows runs?

[BLTicklemonster]

... like I'd wait for an answer, especially with asshats messing with the server.

So I get this error:

Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Virtual Machine Player is
suitable for your running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the
vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your
system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc-3.4". Use environment variable CC to override.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.

What do I do?


*edit:

Okay, I restarted terminal, sudo mkdir my way to having the /linux/include directory, went at it again, and viola!!!

Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Virtual Machine Player is
suitable for your running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the
vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your
system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "3.4.5", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2". This configuration is not supported and VMware
Virtual Machine Player cannot work in such configuration. Please either
recompile your kernel with "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2", or restart
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl with CC environment variable pointing to the "gcc"
version "3.4.5".

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted.

bill@ubuntumonster:~/vmware-player-distrib$

So I guess I remove 4.0.2, and put in 3.4.5, and start over...


*edit again:

No wait, if I do that, I lose tons of stuff.

Now what?

[Wombley]

You need to install everything from the initial instructions - linux-headers will provide /usr/src/linux/include, and once you install gcc 3.4.5 (alongside 4.0.2 - they can coexist) and type the export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 line it'll work.

[zachtib]

just install gcc-3.4 alongside 4.x, then use sxport CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 before installing

[Wombley]

Getting video to work above 640x480/16 colours (tested in 2000):

1. Get the windows vmware tools from http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/end...hp?p_faqid=920
2. Set the ISO image as the cdrom source in the .vmx file
3. Install the tools. Ignore the warning about the SVGA driver
4. In add new hardware, select graphics card and select from list, and have disk
5. Select the video/winnt2k folder under the cdrom drive
6. Ignore warnings and install
7. Select a higher resolution from display properties
8. (Hopefully) done

Also - simple way to get networking working: select NAT from the Ethernet menu in vmplayer

[BLTicklemonster]

Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Virtual Machine Player is
suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the
vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your
system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc-3.4". Use environment variable CC to override.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is an existing directory, but it does not
contain a "linux" subdirectory as expected.

well, it tried to use gcc-3.4, but it couldn't find a linux subdirectory. why is it saying I don't have /usr/src/linux/include? Is there something I should have before even doing this that I don't now about?

[Wombley]

You MUST install the linux-headers-386 package to compile the kernel module - this will create the /usr/src/linux/include directory for you, and put all the files you need in it.

[BLTicklemonster]

So far so good. So that may need to be added to the first post, along with adding sudo to:

tar xvzf VMware-player-1.0.0-16981.tar.gz
cd vmware-player-distrib
export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

because mine wouldn't let me ./vmware~ without it.

[BLTicklemonster]

Okay, what else is there I'm supposed to know about?

bill@ubuntumonster:~$ wine qemu-img.exe create -f vmdk WindowsXPPro.vmdk 2G Formating 'WindowsXPPro.vmdk', fmt=vmdk, size=2097152 kB
wine: cannot find 'qemu-img.exe'

qemu is installed. Wine is installed. The previous step worked once I was told to have the linux headers. Is there something I'm supposed to have?

*edit:

I tried

wine c:\Program Files\Qemuqemu-img.exe create -f vmdk WindowsXPPro.vmdk 2G Formating 'WindowsXPPro.vmdk', fmt=vmdk, size=2097152 kB
and

wine c:\Program_Files\Qemu\qemu-img.exe create -f vmdk WindowsXPPro.vmdk 2G Formating 'WindowsXPPro.vmdk', fmt=vmdk, size=2097152 kB

and get errors saying it can't find anything.

I used winefile, and yes, it's there alright. But I can't get it to work. I feel like I'm soooo close.


*edit:

I can browse to most .exe files and double click them and they will open courtesy of wine, but nothing in the Qemu directory will. Do I have to enable Qemu as I had to enable the nvidia drivers (which messed me up bigtime for ever, let me tell you) before it will work? Perhaps killall gnome-panel? Restart? Throw money at it? Sacrifice a burnt offering?