In this case, Mageia is installed on the physical hardware and Windows can be installed as a guest virtual machine allowing the satnav windows application software to run. One of the benefits of this is to be able to run different operating systems at the same time on the same physical hardware.įor example, you may prefer using Mageia Linux but need to run Windows to keep your satnav device up-to-date. VMware is virtualization software that enables the creation of one or more 'virtual machines'.įor example, it is possible to install a different operating system such as Ubuntu, Windows, etc as a 'guest' virtual machine.

The details below explain how to apply work-arounds to enable the default VMware 12.5.9 bundle to work in Mageia 6. This page documents how to install VMware Workstation version 12.5.9 in Mageia 6 (with kernel 4.14.65).

4.3.8 rebuild modules from command line.

4.3.7 replace original vmmon and vmnet modules by patches ones.

4.3.6 backup original vmmon and vmnet modules.

4.3.5 make tar-balls of patched vmmon and vnet modules.

4.3.4 run a 'make install' for the patched vmmon and vmnet code.

4.3.3 compile the patched vmmon and vmnet code.

4.3.2 un-tar the patched vmmon and vmnet code.

4.3.1 download patched vmmon and vmnet code.4.3 Workaround #2 for VMware 12.5.9 to work with kernel 4.9 or newer.4.2 Workaround #1 for VMware 12.5.9 to work with kernel 4.9 or newer.3.6 Download the VMware workstation 12.5.9 install image.

License key de vmware workstation 12.5