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VMware, Sybase, Oracle on modern Linux

post #1 of 16
12/26/05 at 6:58pm
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Help! I am trapped on an old FC2 and I can't get out!

Need to run Sybase ASE and VMware. Which versions of these are you running with your Linux?

Ideally, somebody will tell me that Sybase and VMware work perfectly on their 9750 under Ubuntu or Gentoo.
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post #2 of 16
12/26/05 at 8:06pm
well, to run VMWare you gotta compile one of their stupid modules which is, ugh, quite a pain. that said, it can be run though. i prefer to do it on PCLOS though.

anywho...don't know about the other 2
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post #3 of 16
12/26/05 at 10:46pm
I dont think I have ever had to compile a module for VMWare though I have only used it every now and then for short periods of time. I am fairly sure I ran it without much problem on Ubuntu though.

I would also be willing to bet it would work decently under Gentoo as most of the time just in installing a stage 1 gentoo you learn enough that any problems that pop up you can typically figure out on your own fairly quickly. My opinion of course though.

Seablade
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post #4 of 16
12/27/05 at 1:15pm
I do not see any reason why VMWare should not work on FC2. The kernel module people are referring to is compiled during the execution of the VMWare configuration script. I have personally never had trouble with the module itself (I run Gentoo so I have the full source for my current kernel in /usr/src/) - it gets automagically compiled by the aforementioned script. I have, however, had trouble with the rest of the config, but that is to be expected the first time one configures a piece of software.

I note: if VMWare occasionally ****s the colours in X (colours inside VMWare are fine but all other apps get inverted colours, etc.), your console framebuffer is at fault. I believe that used to happen when I used a Radeon framebuffer. The problem went away once I switched over to the VESA one (IIRC).

Mikhail
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post #5 of 16
12/27/05 at 4:27pm
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Originally Posted by mmarkin
I do not see any reason why VMWare should not work on FC2.
My ancient VMWare uses a deprecated api that got removed in one of the kernel updates. I am trying to figure out what is the best combination of Linux distro and VMWare (and Sybase and Oracle) so I do not have to blow 80 hours of nonbillable time on it.

I would rather learn from everybody else's mistakes so I can make new and interesting mistakes.
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post #6 of 16
12/31/05 at 1:44am
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Originally Posted by cg_ds
I am trying to figure out what is the best combination of Linux distro and VMWare (and Sybase and Oracle) so I do not have to blow 80 hours of nonbillable time on it.
Sybase ASE 12.5.2 works on PClinuxOS -- This means I can test it easily when I get my 9750.

Since I am running off livecd, I created a container file on my USB HD:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/win_d/pclos/opt.ext3 bs=1M count=1000
losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/win_d/pclos/opt.ext3
mke2fs -j /dev/loop0
mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /opt

Then install Sybase, reboot, reattach /opt, start Sybase and celebrate!
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post #7 of 16
12/31/05 at 2:12am
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Originally Posted by cg_ds
Sybase ASE 12.5.2 works on PClinuxOS -- This means I can test it easily when I get my 9750.

Since I am running off livecd, I created a container file on my USB HD:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/win_d/pclos/opt.ext3 bs=1M count=1000
losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/win_d/pclos/opt.ext3
mke2fs -j /dev/loop0
mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /opt

Then install Sybase, reboot, reattach /opt, start Sybase and celebrate!
you like PCLOS.....install it! it just getts that much better
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post #8 of 16
12/31/05 at 2:29am
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Originally Posted by abf
you like PCLOS.....install it! it just getts that much better
That is my plan for the 9750.

Is there a CD set that has all the packages I would likely install? Most of what I do with my Linux hardware is off-net.

I feel like a noob all over again. Is there a better resource than the PCLOS forum?
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post #9 of 16
12/31/05 at 3:05am
PCLOS forum sucks, granted, so is the way to go....really! yeah, really really!

is there a CD set? NO! PCLOS is a 1 disk livecd/installcd (ati / nvidia/ generic versions) anyway.....why would you need a CD set? its called APT ... use it! its godly.
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post #10 of 16
12/31/05 at 1:11pm
Ok Shrek... err ABF

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is there a CD set? NO! PCLOS is a 1 disk livecd/installcd (ati / nvidia/ generic versions) anyway.....why would you need a CD set? its called APT ... use it! its godly.
While APT is in fact awesome, there is method to the madness of asking about CDs as some people dont have broadband and can only download and burn the CD to take home Not sure if that is the case here but is something to think about.

If I remember right though you can add a CD to your APT repository, or is that only portage?

Seablade
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post #11 of 16
12/31/05 at 1:14pm
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Originally Posted by seablade
If I remember right though you can add a CD to your APT repository, or is that only portage?

Seablade
I remember being able to do this under Ubuntu, so it seems possible with Apt.

Mikhail
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post #12 of 16
12/31/05 at 1:21pm
Might this help? http://groups.google.com/group/linux...cf86dfc47b2021
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post #13 of 16
12/31/05 at 2:46pm
Heh BSmith someone really doesnt like you

Seablade
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post #14 of 16
12/31/05 at 3:25pm
No actually it's supposed to look like that. I'm at over 112k rep points.
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post #15 of 16
12/31/05 at 3:36pm
Heh and here I thought it was the same folks that got ABF some time back, and I think it was you they got when you restored the rep. Ah well, have fun

Seablade
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post #16 of 16
12/31/05 at 4:52pm
anyway.... yeah, you can add a CD as a depository in APT (Synaptic), however its kinda a waste.

Thats why I strongly disagree with the likes of Mandrake, SUSE, FC and all those other distros that take more than 2 cds to install. Fixing a million packages on the CD is not good stuff, because the first thing the person will do after install, is run system update. that said, they should only then d/l and install the packages they do want.


on the other end of the news. Automatix is my favorite Ubuntu utility (available for both Hoary and Breezy).
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