hi,
i have removed vmware server 2 from /osvirtuels where it was with rpm -e VMware-server, i then cleaned with # rm -rf the various files , i now want to format my /osvirtuels in ext3 can you help me please ?
i used mk2fs -j /dev/sda2 but it said it is mounted, i wanted to umount it but it now says it’s busy, what’s making it busy ? how do i format my /osvirtuels into ext3 ?
lsof | grep /osvirtuels/
lsof: WARNING: can’t stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/fabrice/.gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
ps :
i was told xfs or jfs is quicker than ext3 in vmware server , so in fact i(d like to format in jfs, do you know the appropriate command?
That partition has to be not mounted for you to be able to format it. So go into /etc/fstab and comment out the line involving /dev/sda2 and /osvirtuels. Then do:
umount /dev/sda2
If you can’t umount it, perhaps it’s easier to reboot instead of trying to hunt down the process. Then you can format it with
mke2fs -j /dev/sda2
For xfs substitute mkfs.xfs for mke2fs. You will need to install the xfsprogs package to have it. I don’t have experience with JFS, but it should be a similar story.
Then modify /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sda2 with xfs and remount it.
Make sure that /dev/sda2 is really the partition you want, and that nothing you want to preserve is on it, because you will lose everything in it from the formatting. You have been warned. That process hanging onto /osvirtuels may be something you need so find out first by rebooting if you really needed that partition.
hi,
i need this /osvirtuels for virtual machines only, this is dedicated to this specifically
When you say i need to modify /etc/fstab to mount in xfs :
does it only mean change “ext3” into “xfs” ?
How can i be sure if there is nothing else to clean ? ( Like stuff installed by VMware-server 2 in others directories )
Is there an uninstall tool for VMware-server 2 , or for previous versions ?
linux-d2g5:/osvirtuels # mount -a
linux-d2g5:/osvirtuels # umount /dev/sda2
umount: /osvirtuels: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
lsof | grep /osvirtuels/
lsof: WARNING: can’t stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/fabrice/.gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
When you say i need to modify /etc/fstab to mount in xfs :
does it only mean change “ext3” into “xfs” ?
How can i be sure if there is nothing else to clean ? ( Like stuff installed by VMware-server 2 in others directories )
Is there an uninstall tool for VMware-server 2 , or for previous versions ?
ok it did umount this time and changed the format to xfs too, but after modifying the line in /etc/fstab :
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3320620AS_9QF5PH60-part2 /osvirtuels xfs acl,user_xattr 1 2
when i want to # mount -a i have an error :
mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
or if i want to mount :
mount /dev/sda2
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
… But
mount -t xfs /dev/sda2 /osvirtuels
works
inux-d2g5:/ # df
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Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler “/usr/bin/gcc”. Use environment variable CC to override.
Your kernel was built with “gcc” version “4.3.2”, while you are trying to use
“/usr/bin/gcc” version “4.3”. This configuration is not recommended and VMware
Server may crash if you’ll continue. Please try to use exactly same compiler as
one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler
“/usr/bin/gcc” version “4.3” anyway? [no] y
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-pae/build/include]
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: entrant dans le répertoire « /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only »
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-pae/build/include/… SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/i386/pae »
make -C …/…/…/linux-2.6.27.7-9 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/i386/pae/. modules
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:20,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:79:1: warning: “APIC_BASE_MSR” redefined
In file included from include2/asm/fixmap_32.h:29,
from include2/asm/fixmap.h:5,
from include2/asm/apic.h:9,
from include2/asm/smp.h:13,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/smp.h:28,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/topology.h:33,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/mmzone.h:687,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/gfp.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/kmod.h:22,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/module.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
include2/asm/apicdef.h:134:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:830:1: warning: “PTE_PFN_MASK” redefined
In file included from include2/asm/paravirt.h:7,
from include2/asm/irqflags.h:55,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/irqflags.h:57,
from include2/asm/system.h:11,
from include2/asm/processor.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/list.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
include2/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:71:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[4]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Erreur 1
make[3]: *** [module/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Erreur 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Erreur 2
make[1]: *** [all] Erreur 2
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/i386/pae »
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Erreur 2
make: quittant le répertoire « /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only »
Unable to build the vmmon module.
Sorry I haven’t read anything about whether XFS is faster for vmware or virtualbox or not. I don’t believe it makes any difference to my virtualbox VMs anyway since I just use it to play with new distros, not for heavy I/O work. So I have no opinions on this question. Good luck.
hi,
i found a way to compile th vmon module of vmware server 1.0.8 for opensuse 11.1 but now i can’t create a virtual machine …
here’s the error message it gives me :
Unable to complete wizard: Unable to create a new virtual machine: No permission to perform this operation.
i’m using ext3 for the hdds but the part of the disk where is stored the virtual machine is in xfs, i was told that wfs is supposedly quicker with vmware server .
Any idea on how to be sure my /osvirtuels (/dev/sda2) is mounted and accessible in RW ?
It’s not in $df and in # mount
I still can’t access to it when i try to create a virtual machine in virtualbox
Here’s what i have :
fabrice@linux-d2g5:~> df
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/dev/sdb2 30961696 6025136 23363800 21% /
udev 510560 240 510320 1% /dev
/dev/sdb5 30961664 29095252 293652 100% /home
/dev/sda1 204364428 122483760 71499468 64% /stockage1
/dev/sdc1 153834852 192068 145828368 1% /stockage2
linux-d2g5:/home/fabrice # ls -l /dev/sda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 janv. 30 17:06 /dev/sda2
mount
/dev/sdb2 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
/dev/sdb5 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
/dev/sda1 on /stockage1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc1 on /stockage2 type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/fabrice/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=fabrice)
getfacl /dev/sda2
getfacl: Removing leading ‘/’ from absolute path names
