[COLUG] VMWare Server vs. CentOS??

[Joshua Kramer]

Howdy Folks,

Has anyone attempted to run VMWare Server (the free download version) on 
CentOS 5.1?

I have a moderately powerful box (Pentium 2.4 GHz, 2G Ram) that ought to 
be able to handle VMWare.  So, I installed VMWare using their install 
utility (it compiled a kernel module as well).  I created a VM on an 
external USB disk, and started it... and all it did was peg the processor 
at 100%.  Thinking this was temporary, I let it sit, and 30 minutes later 
it was at the same place.

Was this because it was an external USB disk?  I assigned 1.2G of ram to 
this new machine.

I have a work laptop with a similar processor (same speed, dual core) and 
identical amount of RAMm running XP Professional.  VMWare is very snappy 
on this machine.

Thanks,
-J

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