I am attempting to install VMware-server-1.0.4-56528 on a Sun AMD 64-bit environment running CentOS5 x86_64 (64-bit)
Did a bit of searching and found a few sites the better of which was:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-on-centos5-rhel5-64-bit-version.html
Follow along and I I hit the following issue:
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The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5) does not match your
running kernel (version 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5xen). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
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Even after creating a link and messing around with the directory names, still the same.
Here is the output of ' uname -r' : 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5xen
It looks like the yum update for 64-bit has a different idea about what the kernel vs. the headers. Yes, I rebooted after installing the update, just in case you are wondering.
Also tried doing this via the RPM and got the same results. At this point I may have to use the native virtualization in CentOS 5 but I would rater use VMware, that's the point of this whole exercise.
Has anyone managed to successfully get past this point given the configuration above?
