Tag Archives: VMware

Disable nocheckCPUIDLimit on ESX4i

Posted by on October 8, 2010 No comments

on install : press TAB and add “nocheckCPUIDLimit” after “vmkernel.gz”

mboot.c32 vmkernel.gz nocheckCPUIDLimit

on first boot : press shift + O at the ESX load screen and type

nocheckCPUIDLimit

Once installed using vSphere client disable CPUID check by unchecking the option:

Configuration -> Advanced Settings -> VMkernel -> Boot -> VMKernel.Boot.checkCPUIDLimit

Centos VMware – allow access for non root user

Posted by on June 10, 2008 No comments

Add group vmware Add user to group Make sure vmware group has execute privileges to virtual machine

Installing VMWARE Server on CentOS 5

Posted by on May 11, 2008 No comments

sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development Libraries" sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools" sudo yum -y install xinetd sudo yum -y install kernel-devel OR yum -y install kernel-PAE-devel ( if you use PAE )