vmware printer etc

[Ed Valentine]

It has been listed on this list that VMware does not have support for 
kernels configured for 64 G of memory and this has been confirmed by 
VMware. Loading on workstation works fine.

Some people enjoy maintaining, updating, changing and basically creating 
their own distro of Linux. IMHO, once the product is changed in ways not 
recommended by the distributor, you now have a version all of your own 
and the distributor should no longer be held responsible. Microsoft 
certainly will not support their products once the user loads 
non-Microsoft software that change shared DLL and such.

Fifteen years ago came with a language and compiler so the computer 
center could write the applications for the company. I have known 
programmers that have modified the OSs on mainframes. They also became 
responsible for the result, not IBM.

As you said,  " It works fine as long as you do not play with the 
software" . I do not believe most people are interested in playing with 
their software, most just want it to work without fail.



Keith Antoine wrote:

>I am being forced to give Caldera eServer 3.1.1 away as a bad choice. I have 
>installed it innumerable times with various settings but it will NOT install 
>my printer as a usb_printer, parallel yes usb no; I cannot get networking 
>with vmware although all other distros are fine both with the printer and 
>vmware. Being a server it should not have a problem with vmware bnut it does.
>Printer is an Epson 760, this is the first time I have had problems withit.
>
>I have been unable to compile and install kernel 2.4.18, however 2.4.17 works 
>ok: 18 says that it cannot VFS: cannot open root device "hdc7" or 16.07. Grub 
>menu.lst has identical entries for 17 and 18 just the differing numbers.
>
>It probably works fine just as a server and no recompiling or playing with 
>software, but most users expect more today for their bucks.
>
>I am going to try the WS 3.1.1 and see if that will allow the install of 
>printer and vmware networking. 
>
>Frustration is setting in so its about time I bit the bullet. I am not 
>totally happy with any distro these days as I was with Calder up to 2.4, so 
>it will be a compromise.
>

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