VMware Workstation lets you run different operating systems in a virtual machine on your desktop. Use the following steps to install VMware Workstation on Novell Linux Desktop 9. To get the latest version of the VMware package, see the VMware Download Center.
Make sure that you have the following packages installed on your system.
If you need to install these packages, see Installing and Removing Software for more information.
Make sure that the version of your kernal-source package is the same as the version of your running kernel.
You will have kernel-default if you have a uni-processor machine, and kernel-smp if you have a multiprocessor machine or if hyperthreading is turned on.
After you have verified that the two kernel pieces are the same, recompile the new kernel with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux; make cloneconfig; make prepare-all
NOTE:You must do this every time you update a kernel. This will not cause you to loose your VMware configurations.
Install VMware and run vmware-config.pl (the VM ware configuration script).
For more information, see Installing VMware Workstation.
Every time you update a kernel, repeat Step 3, then run vmware-config.pl again. This will not cause you to loose your VMware configurations.