This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
Note: If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter, be sure it is supported under the VMware product - ESX Server or GSX Server - on which you are running the virtual machine.
Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
You can install NetWare 6.5 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 6.5 Operating System and Product CD-ROMs.
Keep the following issues in mind:
To install NetWare 6.5 in a virtual machine, take the following steps.
Note: A few prompts appear before you reach the license agreement. Accept the defaults for installing NetWare, the CD-ROM drive type, how to restore the floppy drive and the run mode, then continue.
VMware Workstation, VMware ACE and VMware GSX Server: To configure IP networking, do one of the following:
When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver (using pcntnw.lan), it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address. This causes IP networking to fail.
To work around this, open the System Console (press Ctrl-Esc) and type
set allow ip address duplicates=on
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, then the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 1 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the host's IP address (192.168.160.1 in our example).
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, then the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 2 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the NAT service's IP address (192.168.160.2 in our example).
Note that with Network Address Translation, there are 2 IP addresses in use on the host:
* The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 (which shows up in the ipconfig output with a ".1" in the last octet).
* The IP address used by the NAT device itself (which always uses ".2" as the last octet).
After you finish the installation, install VMware Tools, which installs and loads the CPU idler program.
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idler program. NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy. To prevent unnecessary slowdowns, VMware recommends that, after you install VMware Tools, you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded.
Whenever you reboot the guest operating system, it can take up to six minutes before you can regain control of the keyboard or mouse.
If you are using text mode and want to browse the file system, you may notice that the arrow keypad and Insert key do not allow you to navigate directories. To work around this issue, use the numeric keypad, but first turn off the number lock by pressing the Num Lock key.