On Jan 29, 2008 3:18 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > Overall ... unless you really, Really, REALLY need a newer kernel, it is > > best to use the one provided by the distribution. > > Is there a difference in the way kernel modules are managed between > CentOS4 and 5? I thought that under CentOS4 after a kernel update > VMware would insist that you run vmware-config.pl but it would always > say that the existing module loads perfectly, where under CentOS5 it > always compiles a new version for each updated kernel. If we are talking about VMWare Server, RHEL4 is a supported OS, but RHEL5 isn't. If your not on a supported OS, it won't have a pre-configured set of modules. It does look like RHEL5 support was added in VMWare Workstation 6, but I haven't used that version. -- William Hooper